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 // March 11, 2008

On Motion to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair

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

Won the vote · Yea

218 votes, representing 111,650,426 people48.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 104,974,369 people45.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% 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 1.4 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21848.6%
NayLost19245.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%