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: Amendment // July 18, 2018

On Agreeing to the Amendment

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

Won the vote · Yea

215 votes, representing 124,899,004 people49.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

194 votes, representing 113,311,396 people44.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% 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 0.7 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21549.3%
NayLost19444.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%