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 // April 1, 2019

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

207 votes, representing 121,020,294 people47.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 105,741,574 people41.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.0% 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 2.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20747.5%
NayLost18141.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.0%