[Ads-l] majority; plurality

[Jonathan Lighter]

It seems to me that I'm hearing "majority" more and more to mean "a
supermajority (of a vote)" and "plurality" to mean "more than half of it"
i.e., a majority).  Sometimes "absolute majority" is used to mean
"supermajority" while "plurality" retains its older meaning.


JL

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