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 3, 2017

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

236 votes, representing 136,679,566 people54.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

178 votes, representing 102,277,617 people40.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% 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
YeaWon23654.3%
NayLost17840.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.0%