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: Procedural vote // October 7, 2005

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

348 votes, representing 172,157,646 people80.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

63 votes, representing 30,742,841 people14.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon34880.1%
NayLost6314.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.6%