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 // May 6, 2014

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

253 votes, representing 142,410,037 people58.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

127 votes, representing 71,062,961 people29.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.8% 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
YeaWon25358.2%
NayLost12729.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.8%