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 // October 23, 2017

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

236 votes, representing 136,800,870 people54.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

158 votes, representing 90,668,015 people36.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.6% 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
YeaWon23654.4%
NayLost15836.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.6%