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 20, 2018

On Motion to Fix the Convening Time

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

Won the vote · Yea

222 votes, representing 129,628,486 people51.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

184 votes, representing 107,077,988 people42.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.5% 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
YeaWon22251.2%
NayLost18442.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.5%