voting threshold
Minimum approval needed
A voting threshold is the minimum level of support—whether a percentage, fraction, or number of votes—required for a measure to pass or a candidate to win.
Different decisions demand different thresholds: simple majority (more than half), supermajority (typically two-thirds or three-quarters), or unanimity.
The amendment failed to reach the two-thirds voting threshold.
Higher thresholds protect against hasty changes but can entrench the status quo.
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- two-thirds majorityVoting threshold exceeding simple consensus
- simple majorityOver half of votes cast
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
clear majority · consensus-building · parliamentary procedure · filibuster · referendum · proportional representation · mandate · margin of error · first-past-the-post · cloture · political polarization · standard deviation · ballot measure · statistical significance · normalization · probability distribution
voting thresholdunanimous consent
Complete agreement by all
veto power · single-party rule · acclamation · absolute majority · plurality
voting thresholdtacit approval
Wordless permission or acceptance
gentlemen's agreement · voice vote · show of hands · straw poll
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