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. 856 // April 27, 2018

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)

Establishes a select committee to investigate the actions and motivations behind the resignation of Father Patrick Conroy, Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

215 votes, representing 125,143,613 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

171 votes, representing 99,763,626 people39.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.2% 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 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21549.4%
NayLost17139.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.2%