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 19, 2018

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

195 votes, representing 113,660,308 people44.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

152 votes, representing 88,095,963 people34.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 20.3% 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 5.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon19544.9%
NayLost15234.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken020.3%