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1Majority — This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see Majority (disambiguation). A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset… …
2majority — /meuh jawr i tee, jor /, n., pl. majorities. 1. the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population. 2. a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting… …
3majority — ▪ I. majority ma‧jor‧i‧ty 1 [məˈdʒɒrti ǁ məˈdʒɔː , məˈdʒɑː ] noun majorities PLURALFORM 1. [singular] most of the people or things in a particular group: • Some franchisees quit, but the majority are still hanging on. majority of …
4Majority Judgment — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
5Everybody Votes Channel — The Everybody Votes Channel is the Wii Menu channel that allows users to vote in simple opinion polls and compare and contrast opinions with those of friends, family and people across the globe.The Everybody Votes Channel was available on… …
6Counting Single Transferable Votes — The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system based on proportional representation and preferential voting. Under STV, an elector s vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate. After candidates have been either… …
7Exit poll — An exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. Unlike an opinion poll, which asks whom the voter plans to vote for or some similar formulation, an exit poll asks whom the voter actually voted for.… …
8Village Voice Film Poll — The Village Voice Film Poll is an annual polling by The Village Voice film section of more than 100 major film critics for alternative media sources. Although the majority of the critics work for the alt weeklies, a number are former Voice… …
9simple majority — More than half the votes counted at a meeting in respect of a resolution including the chairman s casting vote if there is a tied vote. Voting is conducted by hand but if done by a poll, the votes carried by the shares held by those voting are… …
10Quaker poll — The Quaker poll is a particular method for making decisions or for clarifying whether a group has general consensus. Its name might suggest that it originated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but that s at least misleading in that …
