Simple majority may refer to:
In American and Canadian usage:
- Majority, a voting requirement of more than half of all ballots cast
Usage elsewhere:
- Plurality, a voting requirement of more ballots cast for a proposition than for any other option
Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or majority:
“The simple believe everything, but the clever consider their steps.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 14:15.
“The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population—the intelligent ones or the fools? I think we can agree it’s the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it’s the fools that form the overwhelming majority.”
—Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)