House vote: Procedural vote // March 13, 2008

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

222 votes, representing 114,219,630 peopleof U.S. adults

183 votes, representing 99,699,786 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	222	49.7%
Nay	Lost	183	43.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.9%

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