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 // December 7, 2017

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

212 votes, representing 122,814,800 people48.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

205 votes, representing 118,341,304 people47.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21248.8%
NayLost20547.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.1%