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 // May 10, 2007

On Holding A Secret Session

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

Won the vote · Nay

217 votes, representing 110,019,205 people48.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

207 votes, representing 111,639,456 people49.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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 1.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon21748.4%
YeaLost20749.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.5%