majority rule
noun
: a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole
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Californians don’t have to imagine what unchecked majority rule looks like.
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Jeremy Dalrymple, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
Top Republicans have publicly rejected the President’s call to terminate the 60-vote majority rule.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
No democracy can endure if its structures suppress majority rule.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
If a majority rules that way, presidential administrations could effectively decide when the Voting Rights Act is enforced.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jeremy Dalrymple, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
Top Republicans have publicly rejected the President’s call to terminate the 60-vote majority rule.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
No democracy can endure if its structures suppress majority rule.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
If a majority rules that way, presidential administrations could effectively decide when the Voting Rights Act is enforced.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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