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. 255 // May 13, 2015

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1735), to authorize FY 2016 appropriations for the Department of Defense; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 36), the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2048), the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

R. R. R.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

240 votes, representing 136,164,524 people55.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

186 votes, representing 105,991,381 people42.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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
YeaWon24055.1%
NayLost18642.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%