0 a situation in which one person or political party wins more than half of the total votes in an election
1 a situation in which one person or party wins more than half of the total votes in an election:
My thesis is that under plausible conditions, absolute majority rules prove superior both to simple majority rules and to simple supermajority rules.
This left the party just 28 seats short of an absolute majority to form a government.
Under an absolute majority rule, by contrast, there are not enough votes in favour to enact the measure.
I now turn to a different justification: absolute majority rules combine supermajoritarian effects with expressive or symbolic majoritarianism.
But the prospect of affirmative strategic behaviour by minorities counts against the standard simple-majority scheme and makes absolute majority rule a real alternative.
I compare absolute majority rules to simple majority rules under which only those present and voting are counted, and to simple supermajority rules.
This emphasizes that absolute majority rules protect the status quo, just as does raising the voting multiplier from majority to supermajority.
An absolute majority (90 per cent) was satisfied with voting rights.
