In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

Activate to continue

Spoken For.
House vote: Amendment // June 28, 2017

On Agreeing to the Amendment

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

Won the vote · Yea

222 votes, representing 127,757,443 people50.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 114,589,054 people45.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% 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
YeaWon22250.8%
NayLost19745.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%