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. 1176 // December 12, 2018

H.Res. 1176

Sponsor: Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

R. 2) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through FY2023. Prohibits provisions of the War Powers Resolution concerning congressional priority procedures from applying during the remainder of the 115th Congress to a concurrent resolution introduced with respect to Yemen.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

206 votes, representing 119,376,304 people47.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

203 votes, representing 118,590,018 people46.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 2.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20647.1%
NayLost20346.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%