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 13, 2016

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

235 votes, representing 134,623,740 people54.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

160 votes, representing 91,176,936 people36.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.3% 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
YeaWon23554.1%
NayLost16036.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.3%