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.Res. 99 // February 14, 2017

H.Res. 99

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 428) to survey the gradient boundary along the Red River in the States of Oklahoma and Texas, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res.

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 129,671,335 people51.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 108,394,325 people43.1%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
YeaWon22551.6%
NayLost18743.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%