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. 1430 // September 10, 2024

H.Res. 1430

Sponsor: Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY)

This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of multiple bills: the bill (H.R. 1398) to establish the CCP Initiative program; the bill (H.R. 1425) to require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification; the bill (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

209 votes, representing 129,277,545 people48.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

206 votes, representing 124,530,870 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.8% 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 1.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20948.5%
NayLost20646.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.8%