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 21, 2018

On Motion to Fix the Convening Time

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

Won the vote · Yea

187 votes, representing 109,019,601 people43.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

184 votes, representing 106,849,306 people42.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.8% 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 7.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon18743.0%
NayLost18442.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.8%