A majority is more than half of a total. It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of...

majority criterion most often refers to Condorcet's majority-rule principle. It can also mean: majority-favorite criterion Woodall's Mutual majority criterion...

The silent majority is an unspecified large group of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly. The term was popularized...

A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. Such a government can...

The age of majority, also known as legal age, is the threshold of legal adulthood as recognized or declared in law. It is the moment when a person ceases...

threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a...

The Moral Majority was an American political organization and movement associated with the Christian right and the Republican Party in the United States...

A majority decision (MD) is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others...

In social choice theory, the majority rule (MR) is a social choice rule which says that, when comparing two options (such as bills or candidates), the...

the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. In the federal Congress of the United States, the roles of the House majority leader...