In social choice theory, the majority rule (MR) is a social choice rule that says that, when comparing two options (such as bills or candidates), the option...
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independence before majority rule (abbreviated NIBMAR) was a policy adopted by the British government requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Majority Rule is an American hardcore punk band from Northern Virginia, originally active between 1996 and 2004. Influential within the screamo subgenre...
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Condorcet winner criterion (redirect from Majority-rule principle)
where a majority winner will always win are said to satisfy the majority-rule principle, because they extend the principle of majority rule to elections...
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Supermajority (redirect from Qualified majority)
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...
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Rhodesia's white population. In an effort to delay the transition to black majority rule, the predominantly white Southern Rhodesian government issued its own...
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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...
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the term majority criterion most often refers to the majority-rule principle. It can also mean: Condorcet's majority criterion Woodall's majority-favorite...
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Muslim world (redirect from Majority-Muslim countries)
although there are no agreed criteria for inclusion. The term Muslim-majority countries is an alternative often used for the latter sense. The history...
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Democracy (redirect from Democratic rule)
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...
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them even in some situations where they are not forced. By contrast, majority-rule methods uniquely minimize the possibility of spoilers, limiting them...
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single peaked preferences, any voting method that is compatible with majority-rule will elect the candidate preferred by the median voter. The median voter...
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Majoritarianism (redirect from Majority democracy)
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...
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Ranked voting (section Majority-rule)
theorem is a generalization of Condorcet's result on the impossibility of majority rule. It demonstrates that every ranked voting algorithm is susceptible to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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traditionally the most senior member of the Senate's majority party, presides over the Senate, and more often by rule allows a junior senator to take the chair,...
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rights of the bourgeoisie. Consensus democracy – rule based on consensus rather than traditional majority rule. Constitutional democracy – governed by a constitution...
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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...
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Formed in March 1962 by white Rhodesians opposed to decolonisation and majority rule, it won that December's general election and subsequently spearheaded...
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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...
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became an unrecognised state. In 1979, it reconstituted itself under majority rule as Zimbabwe Rhodesia, which also failed to win international recognition...
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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...
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Condorcet paradox (redirect from Conflicting majorities)
paradox is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory. The result states that it is logically...
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Criteria of truth (section Majority rule)
confirm its accuracy. Majority rule is a statistical method of accepting assertions and proposals. In democratic systems, majority rule is used to determine...
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