voting power
Say in decisions
Voting power is the influence a voter or bloc of voters has in determining an outcome.
In corporate governance, voting power often correlates with shares held: The founder retained 51% voting power.
In electoral systems, voting power varies by district size and rules—a swing voter in a close race has more voting power than one in a safe seat.
The term appears in discussions of weighted voting, shareholder rights, and democratic representation.
- common stockBasic corporate ownership units
- shareholder rightsLegal claims of equity owners
- shareholder meetingGathering of company owners
- proxy votingEntrusting your ballot elsewhere
- electoral systemRules governing ballot counting
weighted · voting bloc · suffrage · bloc · voter disenfranchisement · game theory · supermajority · proportional representation · winner take all · minority protections · dead heat · board seat · social justice · coalition building · gerrymandering · systemic bias · majority rule · quorum rules
- shareholder meetingsshareholder meeting, shareholder meetings, AGM, proxy, proxy votes
- shareholder rightsshareholder rights, proxy voting, amendment rights, first refusal, veto rights
- powerauthority, potency, energy, hydropower, horsepower
- votesballot, yea, nay, aye, tally
- Redistrictingredistricting, gerrymandering, reapportionment, apportionment, congressional districts
voting powerpowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
voicelessness · impotence · tokenism · insignificance · marginalization