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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Spoken For.
House vote: H.R. 1 // March 3, 2021

For the People Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-MD)

For the People Act of 2021 This bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three branches of government. , vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.

Government Operations and Politics Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 113 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

Won the vote · Yea

220 votes, representing 129,734,644 people50.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

210 votes, representing 125,266,912 people48.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% 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
YeaWon22050.3%
NayLost21048.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.1%