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This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see
Majority (disambiguation).
A majority is a
subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a
plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset; i.e. a plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset may consist of less than half the group's population. In British English, majority and plurality are often used as synonyms, and is often used to refer to the number of votes separating the first-place finisher from the second-place finisher.
A majority may be called a simple majority to contrast with other types of majority: an overall majority, in parliamentary systems, is the difference of legislators between the government and its opposition; an absolute majority is a majority of all electors, not just those who voted; and a
supermajority is a stronger majority than a simple majority.
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Imagine that
Tennessee is having an election on the location of its
capital. The population of Tennessee is concentrated around its four major cities, which are spread throughout the state. For this example, suppose that the entire
electorate lives in these four cities, and that everyone wants to live as near to the capital as possible.
The candidates for the capital are:
Memphis, the state's largest city, with 42% of the voters, but located far from the other cities
Nashville, with 26% of the voters, near the center of Tennessee
Knoxville, with 17% of the voters
Chattanooga, with 15% of the voters
The preferences of the voters would be divided like this:
42% of voters
(close to Memphis)
26% of voters
(close to Nashville)
15% of voters
(close to Chattanooga)
17...
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