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 // June 7, 2018

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

213 votes, representing 124,349,548 people49.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

197 votes, representing 114,206,276 people45.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.8% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21349.1%
NayLost19745.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.8%