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. 554 // July 26, 2021

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

This resolution condemns the refusal of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to seat all five Republican Members to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol; and urges the Speaker to appoint Representative Jim Banks of Indiana, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois, Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, and Representative Troy Nehls of Texas to the select committee.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

218 votes, representing 128,263,202 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 117,485,512 people45.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.7% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21849.7%
NayLost19745.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.7%