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. 790 // January 14, 2020

H.Res. 790

Sponsor: Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

R. Res. 76 (nullifying a certain rule issued by the Department of Education that revised, among other things, the process for a student loan borrower to obtain a discharge from a student loan if an institution of education misrepresented a material fact).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 125,079,767 people49.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

200 votes, representing 116,576,502 people46.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.4% 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 0.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21649.5%
NayLost20046.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.4%