House vote: Procedural vote // March 6, 2009

On Approving the Journal

Name: On Approving the Journal
Creator: Spoken For

220 votes, representing 115,464,386 peopleof U.S. adults

142 votes, representing 77,906,229 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.7% 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 0.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	220	49.8%
Nay	Lost	142	33.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	16.7%

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