Madison was suspicious of majority rule. He felt it opened the way to an unfair advantage over the minority if majority intent was evil. If the majority is against the minority on any issue they can technically use democracy as a tool of oppression. Although our Constitutional democracy, insists specific rights are to be protected for all people, no matter how much a majority wants those rights to be taken away, political trickery such as gerrymandering and â??Voter qualificationâ?? can do just that. So while political institutions should represent an opportunity for minorities, it instead becomes an obstacle because our system is not immune to the evil intent of some.
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minority party
Latin Americans started LULAC, which represents their political needs.
The majority party is the party to which the most representatives or senators belong. The other party is the minority party.
A+ an area of a city where the members of a minority group live due to economic, social, legal, or political reasons
The people decides. (By voting)
Minority rights
In order to win in the electoral college, a majority is required. There is no such thing as a minority winner there. If no one gets a majority, the House of Representatives elects the President from the three top vote-getters. Every state gets one vote. If they choose a candidate with a minority of the votes, the result would probably be just as controversial as when a person with a plurality of popular votes loses in the electoral college.
The electorate.
The small minority that seek independence.
represents political behavior
In the US there are an abundance of minority political parties. Often times they are referred to as third parties. Some are exactly called minority parties. In some cases they are called fringe parties.
She was outspoken and represented two minority groups during a period of political upheaval.
Republican members of each house choose their own leaders, and the Democratic members do the same. The political party that has the most members in each house is known as the majority party. The political party that has fewer members is called the minority party.
There may be emotional and political consequences for a racial or ethnic minority group. It depends on what group you are in.
The House minority whip is not chosen by the president. He or she is elected by congresspeople of the same political party. Furthermore, Obama is a Democrat and both houses of Congress are majority Democratic. The minority whip would be a Republican.
Coalition governments are unstable and give great power to minority political groups.
the possibility of electing a minority presidentthe risk of so-called "faithless" Electors,the possible role of the Electoral College in depressing voter turnout, andits failure to accurately reflect the national popular will.