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. 900 // February 2, 2022

H.Res. 900

Sponsor: Deborah Ross (D-NC)

This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 3485 (blocking visas of human rights violators); H.R. 4445 (invalidating arbitration agreements in sexual assault and sexual harassment cases); and H.R.

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 128,597,421 people49.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 119,722,747 people46.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.6% 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%
NayLost19846.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.6%