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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Three decades after the historic victory of Mandela’s African National Congress party, South Africans are wrestling with the progress and setbacks since their nation’s audacious transition to majority rule.
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 July 2024
The other is eager to exercise majority rule as sweepingly as possible.
—Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Conservative Supreme Court majority rules against the immigrants Alito was joined in his majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
Until World War II, many of these parties were also skeptical about liberal democracy since elections and majority rule might produce policies that would weaken the role of the church and religion in society.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 17 July 2024
The other is eager to exercise majority rule as sweepingly as possible.
—Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
Conservative Supreme Court majority rules against the immigrants Alito was joined in his majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
Until World War II, many of these parties were also skeptical about liberal democracy since elections and majority rule might produce policies that would weaken the role of the church and religion in society.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Majority rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majority%20rule. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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