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.Con.Res. 27 // March 25, 2015

H.Con.Res. 27

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-GA)

Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2016 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2017-FY2025. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS (Sec. 101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2016-FY2025 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits (on-budget), debt subject to limit, and debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Recommends levels of new budget authority and outlays for FY2016-FY2025 for each major functional category, including: National Defense; International Affairs; General Science, Space, and Technology; Energy; Natural Resources and Environment; Agriculture; Commerce and Housing Credit; Transportation; Community and Regional Development; Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services; Health; Medicare; Income Security; Social Security; Veterans Benefits and Services; Administration of Justice; General Government; Net Interest; Allowances; Government-wide Savings; Undistributed Offsetting Receipts; Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism; and Across-the-Board Adjustment.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Nay

294 votes, representing 167,481,827 people67.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

132 votes, representing 74,742,214 people30.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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
NayWon29467.7%
YeaLost13230.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.0%