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...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 term majority criterion most often refers to the majority-rule principle. It can also mean: Condorcet's majority criterion Woodall's majority-favorite...

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

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...

them even in some situations where they are not forced. By contrast, majority-rule methods uniquely minimize the possibility of spoilers, limiting them...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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