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. 713 // November 20, 2019

H.Res. 713

Sponsor: Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

R. 1309 (Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act). Certain proceedings may take place on any legislative day from November 22, 2019, through December 2, 2019.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

209 votes, representing 121,991,853 people47.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

205 votes, representing 120,410,504 people47.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 2.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20947.9%
NayLost20547.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.8%