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 // December 10, 2008

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

215 votes, representing 110,719,450 people48.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

170 votes, representing 92,861,128 people40.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.8 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21548.2%
NayLost17040.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.4%