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 // July 19, 2017

On Agreeing to the Amendment

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

Won the vote · Nay

236 votes, representing 135,921,656 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

192 votes, representing 111,473,313 people44.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
NayWon23654.0%
YeaLost19244.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%