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 // March 11, 2008

On Motion to Adjourn

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

Won the vote · Nay

387 votes, representing 204,755,003 people89.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

6 votes, representing 3,281,051 people1.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon38789.2%
YeaLost61.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.4%