majoritarian
Most votes wins
Majoritarian describes political systems or decisions based on majority rule, where the preferences of more than half determine outcomes.
A majoritarian democracy gives decisive power to the majority rather than requiring consensus or protecting minority interests.
The term often carries critical undertones, suggesting that majority rule can override minority rights: The court struck down the majoritarian impulse behind the legislation.
Most votes wins
- winner-takes-allVictory claims everything
- pluralityLargest share among several
- electorateEligible voting body
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
ballot · voting · mandate · referendum · turnout · suffrage · enfranchisement · electoral college
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- senateLegislative governing body
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
cabinet · speaker · whip · caucus · amendment · bill · enactment · session
Safeguards for underrepresented populations
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- subjugationForcing into submission
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
marginalization · exclusion · silencing · imposition · coercion · disenfranchisement · discrimination · steamrolling
Group primacy doctrine
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
nativism · communalism · sectarianism · identity politics · in-group · out-group · chauvinism · tribalism
Courts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- constitutional safeguardsProtections embedded in founding law
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
power-sharing · consociationalism · proportional representation · veto rights · federalism · decentralization · autonomy · accommodation
first-past-the-post
Most votes wins
- winner-takes-allVictory claims everything
- pluralityLargest share among several
- electorateEligible voting body
constituency · ballot · voting · mandate · referendum · turnout · suffrage · enfranchisement · electoral college · spoiler effect
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- senateLegislative governing body
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
quorum · cabinet · speaker · whip · caucus · amendment · bill · enactment · session · bipartisanship
minority rights
Safeguards for underrepresented populations
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- subjugationForcing into submission
- hegemonyDominant group's control
supremacy · marginalization · exclusion · silencing · imposition · coercion · disenfranchisement · discrimination · steamrolling · overriding
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
ethnocentrism · nativism · communalism · sectarianism · identity politics · in-group · out-group · chauvinism · tribalism · polarization
judicial review
Courts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- constitutional safeguardsProtections embedded in founding law
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
pluralism · power-sharing · consociationalism · proportional representation · veto rights · federalism · decentralization · autonomy · accommodation
majoritarianconsensual
Involving mutual permission
proportional · pluralist · pluralistic · rights-based · deliberative
majoritarianfederalist
Advocate for distributed governance
elitist · oligarchic · pluralistic · technocratic · power-sharing