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 // April 30, 2015

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

236 votes, representing 134,781,463 people54.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 99,009,495 people40.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% 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
YeaWon23654.5%
NayLost17540.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.4%