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: Amendment // July 26, 2017

On Agreeing to the Amendment

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

Won the vote · Yea

234 votes, representing 135,848,661 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

192 votes, representing 110,478,396 people43.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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
YeaWon23454.0%
NayLost19243.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.1%