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 // June 23, 2016

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

Won the vote · Yea

234 votes, representing 133,932,261 people53.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

166 votes, representing 95,024,409 people38.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.0% 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
YeaWon23453.8%
NayLost16638.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.0%