plurality
Most votes cast
Plurality means more than one, or a large number: a plurality of voices, a plurality of approaches.
In elections, plurality has a specific meaning: the largest share of votes when no candidate wins a majority.
A candidate with 40% beats opponents with 35% and 25% by winning a plurality, not a majority.
The word also describes the state of being plural or multiple.
Very large number
- profusionExtravagant amount present
- arrayOrdered collection or display
- varietyState of being diverse
- assortmentMixed collection of things
range · numerous · many · manifold · myriad · multiple · several · scores
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- ethnicitiesGroups sharing cultural heritage
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- heterogeneityState of being dissimilar
multiculturalism · differences · polyglot · multilingual · denominations · viewpoints · perspectives · beliefs
Formally registering a choice
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- ballotsVoting forms
- electorateEligible voting body
representative · parliamentary · consensus · coalition · governance · civic · franchise · referendum
Minimum for valid proceedings
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- simple majorityOver half of votes cast
- marginEdge of a page
threshold · landslide · winning · preponderance · predominance · lead · advantage · votes
multitude
Very large number
assortment · range · numerous · many · manifold · myriad · multiple · several · scores · countless
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- ethnicitiesGroups sharing cultural heritage
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
heterogeneity · multiculturalism · differences · polyglot · multilingual · denominations · viewpoints · perspectives · beliefs · traditions
voting
Formally registering a choice
electorate · representative · parliamentary · consensus · coalition · governance · civic · franchise · referendum · constituency
quorum
Minimum for valid proceedings
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- simple majorityOver half of votes cast
margin · threshold · landslide · winning · preponderance · predominance · lead · advantage · votes · tally
inflection
Word form alteration
- declensionNoun form variation
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- agreementShared position between parties
singular · suffix · morpheme · countable · uncountable · irregular · regular · noun · form · marker
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, voter
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- election resultsvictory, defeat, winner, loser, win
- Group Termsmajority, minority, member, core group, subgroup
- beneficesbenefice, living, rectory, vicarage, curacy
pluralityminority
Smaller part of whole
last place · also-ran · majority · unanimity · unanimous
pluralitysingularity
Point where values explode
uniformity · homogeneity · monism · unity · oneness
- religious pluralismMultiple faiths holding validity
pluralism, pluralist, pluralistic, pluralists, pluralized, pluralization, pluralize, pluralizing, pluralities