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 // March 28, 2019

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

216 votes, representing 126,563,291 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

179 votes, representing 104,535,708 people41.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.3% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21649.7%
NayLost17941.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.3%