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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Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 355 // July 19, 2011

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2560) to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.

Sponsor: Rob Woodall (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2560) to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

235 votes, representing 132,378,254 people55.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 91,328,490 people38.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% 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
YeaWon23555.8%
NayLost17538.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%