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. 750 // August 1, 2012Needed two-thirds to agree

Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1905, with an amendment.

Sponsor: ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to H.R. 1905 (Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

409 votes, representing 225,585,540 people94.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 3,324,617 people1.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.5% 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
YeaWon40994.1%
NayLost61.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.5%