51 percent

English Alternative forms en 51% Noun en noun mul 51 percent en idiomatic American spelling A narrow or bare majority. en There's no such thing as a free lunch w:Milton Friedman 1975 But in a political system, everything tends to be a yes-or-no decision; if 51 percent vote yes, it's yes. http://books.google.com/books?id=rIMoAQAAMAAJ&q=election%7Cvote+impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny+%2251%25%22%7C%2251+percent%22&dq=election%7Cvote+impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny+%2251%25%22%7C%2251+percent%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XIWUT8q-L4jc6QG69oDABA&ved=0CHgQ6AEwCw en The tyranny of the majority w:Lani Guinier 1995 Majority rule, loosely put, is the proposition that 51 percent of the people should be able to get whatever they want. http://books.google.com/books?id=aRF7XdcCLq0C&q=election%7Cvote+impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny+%2251%25%22%7C%2251+percent%22&dq=election%7Cvote+impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny+%2251%25%22%7C%2251+percent%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XIWUT8q-L4jc6QG69oDABA&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBA en The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty 100 K. C. Cole 1999 It was he who argued that the tyranny imposed by 51 percent of the people was every bit as threatening to democracy as the royal tyranny the colonists had fought to leave behind. http://books.google.com/books?id=qI_lqL2fhm8C&pg=PA100&dq=election%7Cvote+impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny+%2251%25%22%7C%2251+percent%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XIWUT8q-L4jc6QG69oDABA&ved=0CGcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=election%7Cvote%20impose%7Coppress%7Ctyranny%20%2251%25%22%7C%2251%20percent%22&f=false Related terms en one-percenter<qq:a very small minority> See also tyranny of the majority References Tyranny of the majority Director's law