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. 42 // January 22, 2015

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

Sponsor: Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

239 votes, representing 135,505,232 people54.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

183 votes, representing 104,291,822 people42.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.0% 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
YeaWon23954.8%
NayLost18342.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%