House vote: Procedural vote // August 4, 2007

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

205 votes, representing 103,962,861 peopleof U.S. adults

187 votes, representing 101,177,004 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.7% 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 4.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	205	45.8%
Nay	Lost	187	44.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.7%

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