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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Spoken For.
House vote: H.R. 3537 // September 26, 2016Needed two-thirds to pass

Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016

Sponsor: Charles Dent (R-PA)

Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to add certain synthetic opioids, hallucinogens, and cannabinoids to schedule I.

Crime and Law Enforcement Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

258 votes, representing 146,815,001 people59.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

101 votes, representing 57,805,736 people23.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 17.8% 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
YeaWon25859.0%
NayLost10123.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken017.8%