In social choice theory, the majority rule (MR) is a social choice rule which says that, when comparing two options (such as bills or candidates), the...

to calculate a majority vote due to spoiled votes. Comparing the two most popular authorities in the United States: In Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised...

Tyranny of the majority refers to a situation in majority rule where the preferences and interests of the majority dominate the political landscape, potentially...

of majority rule to elections with multiple candidates. Named after Nicolas de Condorcet, it is also called a majority winner, a majority-preferred candidate...

The Hastert rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican Speakers...

threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a...

Rhodesia's white population. In an effort to delay the transition to black majority rule, the predominantly white Southern Rhodesian government issued its own...

independence before majority rule (abbreviated NIBMAR) was a policy adopted by the British government requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony...

Majority Rules! is a Canadian teen comedy drama series which first aired on Teletoon in 2009. The series is also dubbed Votez Becky! for the French title...

half, of the total. Majority may also refer to: Majority rule, a social choice rule that states that an option preferred by a majority of the vote should...

Majority Rule is an American hardcore punk band from Northern Virginia, originally active between 1996 and 2004. Influential within the screamo subgenre...

political minorities can be oppressed by the "tyranny of the majority". Majority rule involves a competitive approach, opposed to consensus democracy...

relief, are rejected by the despotism of a silent majority at a second reading—when such become the rules of our legislation, the Congress of this Union...

Majority judgment (MJ) is a single-winner voting system proposed in 2010 by Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki. It is a kind of highest median rule, a cardinal...

Supreme Court of the United States, created further obstacles to absolute majority rule; with the rise of the Warren Court in the 1960s and its establishment...

not mathematically necessary (e.g. in center squeezes). By contrast, majority-rule (Condorcet) methods of ranked voting uniquely minimize the number of...

laws in a democracy are established or repealed by the majority, the protection of minorities by rule of law is questionable. Some authors, like the Bosnian...

beats-all winner, is formally called the Condorcet winner or Pairwise Majority Rule Winner (PMRW). The head-to-head elections need not be done separately;...

as long as this decision is made via majority rule, as it can be altered at any time by any different majority emerging in the future.[citation needed][original...

November 1965 in opposition to their demands for the implementation of majority rule as a condition for independence. His 15 years in power were defined...

continued strong opposition to black majority rule. The situation changed suddenly after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique in 1975. Rhodesia...

became an unrecognised state. In 1979, it reconstituted itself under majority rule as Zimbabwe Rhodesia, which also failed to win international recognition...

rights of the bourgeoisie. Consensus democracy – rule based on consensus rather than traditional majority rule. Constitutional democracy – governed by a constitution...

single-peaked preferences, any voting method that is compatible with majority-rule will elect the candidate preferred by the median voter. The theorem...

construction or additions, to 3 percent per year. It also instituted a "double majority" rule requiring at least a 50-percent voter turnout for all local tax measures...

theorem is a generalization of Condorcet's result on the impossibility of majority rule. It demonstrates that every ranked voting algorithm is susceptible to...

spectrum. A concordance democracy is a type of consensus democracy where majority rule does not play a central role. Optional referendums and popular initiatives...

paradox is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory. The result implies that it is logically...

Formed in March 1962 by white Rhodesians opposed to decolonisation and majority rule, it won that December's general election and subsequently spearheaded...

criterion is a voting system criterion that formalizes a stronger idea of majority rule than the Condorcet criterion. A voting system satisfies the Smith criterion...