House vote: Procedural vote // October 31, 2007

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

222 votes, representing 112,653,897 peopleof U.S. adults

190 votes, representing 102,548,103 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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 0.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	222	49.6%
Nay	Lost	190	45.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.3%

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