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

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 491 // December 13, 2011

Providing for consideration of H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act

Sponsor: DAVID DREIER (R-CA)

R. 3630) to provide incentives for the creation of jobs.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 126,982,049 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

174 votes, representing 90,989,627 people38.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.1% 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
YeaWon22753.5%
NayLost17438.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.1%