Majority rule is the principle that a group which has more than half of all voters should be allowed to make the decisions for a group. Majority rule...

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...

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

The tyranny of the majority (or tyranny of the masses) is an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively...

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...

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

to a majority is the 50+1 rule. Majoritarianism Majority function Majority rule Silent majority Voting system Dictionary definitions of majority at Merriam-Webster...

more than 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...

democracies apply in most cases majority rule, but in some cases plurality rule, supermajority rule (e.g. constitution) or consensus rule (e.g. Switzerland) are...

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...

the decision process called majority rule. Majority rule is a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it...

Arrow's second proof, extending it to include instant-runoff voting. Majority rule—if most voters prefer A {\displaystyle A} to B {\displaystyle B} , then...

called a Condorcet (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/), beats-all, or majority-rule winner a majority of voters support them against any other candidate. Such a...

major critique of majority rule is that it may result in the tyranny of the majority, especially in cases in which a simple majority is used in order to...

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

June 1979 and the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia, which was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia under a black majority government. However, this new order failed...

although there are no agreed criteria for inclusion. The term Muslim-majority countries is an alternative often used for the latter sense. The history...

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

First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was an opponent of black majority rule and international communism. However, his administration did make concessions...

theory, a Condorcet paradox (or voting paradox) is a situation where majority rule behaves in a way that is self-contradictory. In such a situation, every...

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

confirm its accuracy. Majority rule is a statistical method of accepting assertions and proposals. In democratic systems, majority rule is used to determine...

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...

plurality or majority voting allows a diffident majority to have its way against an intense minority. "Score Voting, Approval Voting, and Majority Rule". The...

The age of majority is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when a person ceases to be considered a minor...

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

Conference in London that resulted in Zimbabwe's independence as a majority-rule democracy. In 1980, he became the country's first President, stepping...

frustrations caused by delays to Irish home rule led the MPs of Sinn Féin, a pro-independence party that had won a majority of the Irish seats in the 1918 British...

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...