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: --
The requirement of an absolute majority to win the presidency had led the country from electoral crisis to electoral crisis.
Under absolute majority rule, however, the measure fails, since the fifty-one vote absolute threshold is not reached.
My thesis has been that absolute majority rules prove superior both to simple majority rules and simple supermajority rules, under plausible conditions.
They neither show nor are intended to show that absolute majority rules are superior to simple majority rules in all circumstances.
Under an absolute majority rule, the switch makes no difference.
In 1970 invalids and full-time students comprised the absolute majority of those of working age who were not gainfully employed.
In short, absolute majority rules offer legislative majorities an insurance policy against strategic minorities.
An absolute majority (90 per cent) was satisfied with voting rights.
