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 2, 2013

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

237 votes, representing 132,115,333 people54.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

126 votes, representing 70,152,982 people29.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon23754.6%
NayLost12629.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.4%