majority vote
More than half
A majority vote is a decision reached when more than half of those voting support one option.
This is the standard threshold for most elections and group decisions: The measure passed by majority vote.
Distinguished from plurality (most votes, but not necessarily over half) and supermajority (a higher threshold like two-thirds).
- secret ballotConfidential electoral choice
- ballotVoting document
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- electionOrganized public voting
ranked-choice voting · show of hands · democracy · threshold · referendum · tiebreaker · parliament · proxy voting · mandate · poll · motion · legislature · percentage · resolution · suffrage · decision · swing · assembly
- referendumsreferendum, ballot measure, ballot initiative, proposition, ballot question
- Senate Confirmationsnominees, advice and consent, nomination hearings, vetting process, federal judges
- Assemblydelegations, resolutions, quorum rules, voting procedures, roll call votes
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, parliament, constitution
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- HOA termsbylaw, board meeting, dues, bylaws, election
majority voteunanimous vote
Decision with zero opposition
unanimity · unanimous consent · consensus · unanimous decision · supermajority
majority votejudicial ruling
Court's binding legal decision
executive order · autocratic rule · veto · random selection · lottery