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 // March 20, 2010

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

211 votes, representing 111,210,946 people47.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

186 votes, representing 103,668,526 people44.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.4% 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 2.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21147.4%
NayLost18644.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.4%