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 2, 2017

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

237 votes, representing 137,202,803 people54.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

176 votes, representing 101,364,741 people40.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.1% 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%
NayLost17640.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.1%