Just Jesse Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hi folks, What examples are there in federal law and or the constitution where a majority is not 51%? Are there important regular votes that require a 2/3rds or 3/4ths majority to pass? Thank you, Jesse Miskina and kaykaykay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33andathirdRPM Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 This really isn't the forum to ask for homework help, but this should help you out -> http://bit.ly/YN8YCA kaykaykay and 33andathirdRPM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) That said, there's no such thing as a majority that isn't simply more than 50%. There are 2/3 requirements and plurality votes (most votes). For that, I'd recommend you read the Constitution. Edited February 3, 2013 by TakeMyCoffeeBlack kaykaykay and Quigley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchermiscount Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) There's no way this is what you're asking about, but what the hell. You might also consider quota rules (an option wins if it gets to a certain number, 50% or otherwise) a bit more generally. There are some good notes on the subject (in the context of social choice theory much more generally) here. Edited February 3, 2013 by currentpsstudent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q&a Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 This really isn't the forum to ask for homework help, but this should help you out -> http://bit.ly/YN8YCA This is a forum for questions about political science. It just happens to be mostly about applications. kaykaykay and Miskina 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudeau Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Ever notice how loathe political scientists/political scientist-wannabes are to talk about politics? kaykaykay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent09 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Technically, as noted above, majority is 50% + 1. Writing in a paper that democracy is about "51%" is gonna get you dinged since there is often a large gap between 50% + 1 vote (i.e., 50.00000001%) and 51.00[...]%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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