House vote: Procedural vote // August 3, 2007

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

216 votes, representing 110,029,285 peopleof U.S. adults

199 votes, representing 106,963,513 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.5% 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.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	216	48.4%
Nay	Lost	199	47.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.5%

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