In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 260 // May 14, 2015

Providing for further consideration of H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Sponsor: Bradley Byrne (R-AL)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1735 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

243 votes, representing 137,952,761 people55.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 102,991,964 people41.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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
YeaWon24355.8%
NayLost18141.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%