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A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or a minority parliament is a government and cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the legislature. [1]
A dominant minority, also called elite dominance, is a minority group that wields political, economic, or cultural dominance in a country, despite representing only a subset of the overall population (a demographic minority). [citation needed] Dominant minorities are also known as alien elites if they are recent immigrants. [citation needed]
Parliamentary rules may prescribe the use of a supermajoritarian rule under certain circumstances, such as the 60% filibuster rule to close debate in the US Senate. [4] However such requirement means that 41 percent of the members or more could prevent debate from being closed, an example where the majority will would be blocked by a minority.
"The really problematic contemporary force here, in my view, is the Republican party," Sheri Berman, a democracy expert at Barnard College, told Insider
The reality of a small minority of Idahoans being the drivers of the political process of the state is bad for the state and bad for citizens. | Opinion Proposition 1 would eliminate rule by the ...
In other words: minority rule. Joy notes the Republican Party is able to take the Senate because of winning seats that don't make up a majority of the country’s population.
Tyranny of the majority refers to a situation in majority rule where the preferences and interests of the majority dominate the political landscape, potentially sidelining or repressing minority groups and using majority rule to take non-democratic actions. [1]
(The Center Square) — A New York judge has struck down a state law that allows citizens to sue the government over election rules that marginalize racial and ethnic minority groups, saying the ...