Majority Rule

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Political Principle
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:politics
gptkb:Voting
Legislative Decisions
gptkbp:contrastsWith Consensus Decision-Making
Plurality Rule
Supermajority Rule
gptkbp:defines A decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Majority Rule
gptkbp:limitation Can lead to marginalization of minorities
May not always produce optimal outcomes
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:relatedConcept Minority Rights
Deliberative Democracy
Tyranny of the Majority
gptkbp:requires Clear definition of eligible voters
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Mathematics
gptkb:Political_Science
gptkb:Game_Theory
gptkb:Social_Choice_Theory
gptkbp:usedIn Democratic Systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Level_Plane_Records
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7