In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

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House vote: H.Res. 276 // May 25, 2011

Providing for further consideration of H.R. 1540, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-UT)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1540 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

239 votes, representing 134,350,589 people56.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 94,784,119 people40.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon23956.6%
NayLost18140.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%