House vote: Procedural vote // May 6, 2008

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

220 votes, representing 112,851,422 peopleof U.S. adults

182 votes, representing 99,683,058 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.5% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	220	49.1%
Nay	Lost	182	43.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	7.5%

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