House vote: Procedural vote // February 27, 2008

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

217 votes, representing 111,185,103 peopleof U.S. adults

185 votes, representing 101,057,033 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.6% 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 1.6 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	217	48.4%
Nay	Lost	185	44.0%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	7.6%

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