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A majority is more than half of a total. It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of 31 individuals, a majority would be 16 or more individuals, while having 15 or fewer individuals would not constitute a majority.
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Politics. Majority rule is the principle that a group which...
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[1] In the United States Senate, the current majority leader...
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A majority government is a government by one or more...
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Majority means the greater number of something. The opposite...
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A majority is more than half of the voters involved, and rule by such a majority is thought to be to the benefit of more than rule by less than half would be. It is the binary decision rule most often used in decision-making bodies, including many legislatures of democratic nations.
Majority rule is a way of making decisions in government or in voting. A decision is made if it gets more than half of the votes. Majority rule is often used in referendums, which is when voters decide if they want to make a law by voting yes or no. Majority rule is not the same as a plurality vote.
