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.R. 2357 // September 8, 2016

Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2016

Sponsor: Ann Wagner (R-MO)

Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2016 TITLE I--ACCELERATING ACCESS TO CAPITAL (Sec. 1. of the form if: (1) the aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $75 million or more, or (2) the registrant has at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Nay

233 votes, representing 133,056,979 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

180 votes, representing 103,106,464 people41.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.1% 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
NayWon23353.5%
YeaLost18041.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.1%