To solve the problem of determining what the table shows about how Congress voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, we can break down and analyze the given data. Follow the steps below:
1. House Republicans Vote Analysis:
- Yes: 119
- No: No data explicitly given; we assume none opposed because of the consistent pattern.
2. House Democrats Vote Analysis:
- Yes: 167
- No: 43
3. Total Numbers:
- Total Republicans: 119 (since no 'No' votes by Republicans were given)
- Total Democrats: Yes (167) + No (43) = 210
4. Majority Analysis:
- Republican Majority Opposition:
- Since Republicans had all votes as 'Yes,' majority opposition did not occur among Republicans.
- Democrat Majority Opposition:
- Democrats No votes (43) are less than Yes votes (167). Therefore, the majority of Democrats did not oppose the bill.
5. Comparison of Opposed Numbers:
- More Republicans than Democrats Opposed:
- Republicans opposing: 0 (since all voted Yes).
- Democrats opposing: 43.
- 0 is not greater than 43, so this statement is false.
- More Democrats than Republicans Opposed:
- As stated above, Democrats opposing: 43, Republicans opposing: 0.
- 43 is greater than 0, so this is true.
6. Majority Favor Votes:
- Majority of Republicans favored as all 119 voted 'Yes'.
- Majority of Democrats favored by 167 Yes over 210 Total (greater than half).
Thus, the breakdown yields:
- The majority of both parties did not oppose the bill.
- More Republicans than Democrats did not oppose the bill.
- More Democrats than Republicans did oppose the bill (True).
- The majority of both parties voted in favor of the bill (True).
In conclusion, the valid observations from the table are:
- More Democrats than Republicans opposed the bill.
- The majority of both parties voted in favor of the bill.
