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. 647 // October 21, 2019

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Andy Biggs (R-AZ)

This resolution censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff of California for certain misleading conduct.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

218 votes, representing 127,218,406 people49.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

185 votes, representing 108,663,915 people42.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.4% 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 0.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21849.9%
NayLost18542.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.4%