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What (who) is Plurality - definition
plurality
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Plurality (disambiguation); Plural system
(pluralities)
1.
If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. (FORMAL)
Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
QUANT-PLURAL
2.
If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. (FORMAL)
The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes...
QUANT-PLURAL
3.
A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. (AM)
He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
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4.
A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. (AM)
Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.
= majority
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Plurality
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Plurality (disambiguation); Plural system
·noun ·see Plurality of benefices, below.
II. Plurality ·noun The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
III. Plurality ·noun The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. ·see Majority.
plurality
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Plurality (disambiguation); Plural system
¦ noun (plural pluralities)
1. the fact or state of being plural.
2. a large number of people or things.
3. US the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
the number by which this exceeds the number of votes cast for the candidate placed second.
4. chiefly historical another term for pluralism (in sense 3).
Examples of use of Plurality
1. They accepted, basically, religious plurality in the country, cultural plurality.
2. A simple plurality was enough to win the election.
3. "This group comprises a healthy plurality if not a majority.
4. That kind of joyous plurality isn‘t available to voters everywhere.
5. The alliance won a plurality in the December 15 parliamentary elections.