In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: Procedural vote // August 2, 2007

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

232 votes, representing 118,072,473 people52.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

186 votes, representing 100,318,939 people44.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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
YeaWon23252.0%
NayLost18644.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%