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.Res. 512 // November 4, 2015

Providing for further consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 22), the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015.

Sponsor: Rob Woodall (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 22 (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act [DRIVE Act]).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

241 votes, representing 136,726,616 people55.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

183 votes, representing 104,167,613 people42.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.6% 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
YeaWon24155.3%
NayLost18342.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.6%