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. 347 // July 8, 2015

Providing for further consideration of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act and H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

R. R. 2647 (Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

242 votes, representing 137,267,843 people55.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

185 votes, representing 105,395,986 people42.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.8% 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
YeaWon24255.5%
NayLost18542.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.8%