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. 331 // April 20, 2021

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

This resolution censures Representative Maxine Waters for her comments related to the trial of Derek Chauvin.

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 127,363,029 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

210 votes, representing 125,351,427 people48.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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 0.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21649.4%
NayLost21048.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.0%