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 3, 2019

On Approving the Journal

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

Won the vote · Yea

206 votes, representing 119,884,262 people47.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

189 votes, representing 111,223,670 people43.7%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 2.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon20647.1%
NayLost18943.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.3%