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. 687 // April 19, 2016

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1206, the No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act; and providing for consideration of H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act of 2016

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-OH)

R. R. 4885) to require that user fees collected by the Internal Revenue Service be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.

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

Won the vote · Yea

239 votes, representing 136,731,494 people54.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

173 votes, representing 98,823,437 people39.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% 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
YeaWon23954.9%
NayLost17339.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.4%