In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: H.R. 689 // February 6, 2017Needed two-thirds to pass

Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-CO)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to permit by special use authorization nonmotorized access and use of the Bolts Ditch headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of the ditch and headgate by the town of Minturn, Colorado.

Public Lands and Natural Resources Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

409 votes, representing 236,106,271 people93.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 565,115 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% 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
YeaWon40993.9%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%