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 // October 24, 2017

On Agreeing to the Amendment

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

Won the vote · Nay

233 votes, representing 134,482,755 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

187 votes, representing 108,353,742 people43.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% 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
NayWon23353.5%
YeaLost18743.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%