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. 504 // December 20, 2011

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Donna Edwards (D-MD)

Disapproves of the behavior of the Representative from Florida, Mr. West, for bringing discredit to the House by offending the memory of those who died during the Holocaust.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

231 votes, representing 130,273,747 people54.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

188 votes, representing 98,223,997 people41.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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
YeaWon23154.9%
NayLost18841.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%