Exempel på majority rule

• Both the mass public and elites think of democracy as promoting freedom of expression, rule of law and majority rule (power of the people).

• Self-governing under majority rule only since 1994, this country is a late political developer.

• Constitutionalism is often presented as a restriction on majority rule.

• However, the majority rule was only used three times.

• Under an absolute majority rule, by contrast, there are not enough votes in favour to enact the measure.

• The political appeal of majority rule may be decisive for both camps, holding constant the actual supermajoritarian effect of the rules.

• Democracy is usually defined in terms of specific institutional characteristics, most commonly as a system of government that is based on majority rule.

• After votes are cast, the electoral system translates these votes into seats in a parliament that then makes policy decisions under majority rule.

• But the prospect of affirmative strategic behaviour by minorities counts against the standard simple-majority scheme and makes absolute majority rule a real alternative.

• Under simple majority rule, only those present and voting are counted, so the measure passes 40-20.

• They rely on formal structures (simple majority rule, federalism, written constitutions) and informal modes of interaction (culture, ideology, morale, and leadership).

• It is striking, however, that the political appeal of majority rule often reasserts itself even where supermajority multipliers or other minority-veto schemes are in effect.

• Democracy is not simply majority rule; majorities can tyrannize over minorities and individuals, who need protection on democratic grounds.

• Table 2 displays an example of such a legislature (using majority rule for aggregation).

• Table 3 displays a case in which voters differently weight each issue and vote by the higher weighted sum, and aggregation is by majority rule.