House vote: Procedural vote // March 14, 2008

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

202 votes, representing 103,888,552 peopleof U.S. adults

148 votes, representing 81,463,382 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 19.3% 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 4.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	202	45.2%
Nay	Lost	148	35.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	19.3%

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