majority decisions
Votes that win
Majority decisions are outcomes determined by more than half of those voting or participating.
The term appears most often in legal and organizational contexts: The court reached its conclusion through majority decisions rather than unanimous agreement.
In committee work and governance, majority decisions allow groups to move forward even when complete consensus proves impossible.
- voteFormal choice expression
- voice voteOral yes-or-no tally
- floor voteLegislators voting together formally
- pollGathering of opinions
- ballotVoting document
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