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.R. 3903 // November 1, 2017Needed two-thirds to pass

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ted Budd (R-NC)

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 (Sec. , "test the waters"). Under current law, only emerging growth companies may engage in such communications.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

419 votes, representing 242,401,692 people96.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% 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
YeaWon41996.4%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%