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. 55 // January 24, 2017

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

Sponsor: Liz Cheney (R-WY)

R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

236 votes, representing 135,862,873 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

183 votes, representing 106,084,360 people42.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% 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
YeaWon23654.0%
NayLost18342.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%