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. 6965 // September 29, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

Visit America Act

Sponsor: Dina Titus (D-NV)

S. travel and tourism industry and to address the declining percentage of international visitors to the United States. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy with annual goals for the number of international visitors to the United States and for tourism commerce.

Commerce Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

319 votes, representing 190,629,529 people73.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

92 votes, representing 55,953,203 people21.5%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
YeaWon31973.2%
NayLost9221.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%