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 // November 14, 2007

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

221 votes, representing 112,578,771 people49.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 97,830,407 people43.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.4% 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 0.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22149.5%
NayLost18143.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.4%