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. 923 // June 7, 2018

H.Res. 923

Sponsor: Michael Burgess (R-TX)

R. R. 3 (Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

225 votes, representing 131,031,052 people51.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 108,796,820 people43.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon22551.7%
NayLost18743.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%