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. 757 // October 3, 2023

Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.

Sponsor: Matt Gaetz (R-FL)

This resolution declares the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.

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 128,558,918 people49.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

210 votes, representing 127,779,701 people48.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21649.1%
NayLost21048.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%