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...

Tyranny of the majority is an inherent weakness of majority rule where the majority of an electorate pursues its own objectives at the expense of those...

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

principle of majority rule to elections with multiple candidates. The Condorcet winner is also called a majority winner, a majority-preferred candidate...

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...

difference in the total that is used to calculate a majority vote due to spoiled votes. In Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (abbreviated RONR), spoiled...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

particularly in situations where they are not forced. By contrast, majority-rule (Condorcet) methods of ranked voting uniquely minimize the number of...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

The rule was first developed and studied by the Marquis de Condorcet, who came to reject it after discovering it could eliminate the majority-preferred...

America". Tocqueville blamed the omnipotence of majority rule as a chief factor in stifling thinking: "The majority has enclosed thought within a formidable...

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...

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...

empirically rare, and the randomized Condorcet rule is not affected by the pathology. The majority judgment rule fails as well. Ranked-choice voting (RCV)...

sometimes referred to as majority rule). According to it, a candidate C should win if for every other candidate Y there is a majority of voters that answers...

assemblies. General principles of parliamentary procedure include rule of the majority with respect for the minority. The purpose of parliamentary procedure...

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;...

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