simple majority

noun

1. less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
2. less than half the number of voters registered.

Example Sentences

Essentially, as part of each year’s budget process, the Senate can adopt at least one large bill that is not subject to the filibuster and therefore pass it with a simple majority.

From FiveThirtyEight

A simple majority would be required to confirm Buttigieg as a presidential nominee.

From Washington Blade

It takes a simple majority of senators to confirm presidential appointments under Senate rules.

From Washington Blade

Censure is a formal rebuke that requires approval from a simple majority in the Senate, which Democrats control 21 to 18, with one vacancy.

From Washington Post

It’s possible that the filibuster itself could be repealed through a simple majority when the Senate sets its rules as part of the start of the new session.

From Popular-Science

Congress could reform the way campaigns are financed with a simple majority vote.

From The Daily Beast

At least one professional judge must agree with the lay judges and a simple majority is required to determine the verdict.

From The Daily Beast

Earlier this afternoon, the Senate leader called a vote on whether a judicial nominee could be confirmed with a simple majority.

From The Daily Beast

This meant they required two-thirds majorities to pass, instead of a simple majority.

From The Daily Beast

That's the only kind of vote that Harry Reid & Co. would seek to permit passage on a simple-majority basis.

From The Daily Beast

The election shall be made on the principle of direct, individual, ballot voting by both sexes, a simple majority only to decide.

From Project Gutenberg

With some exceptions, a simple majority of the sixty-one votes is adequate for the adoption of a measure.

From Project Gutenberg

A jury consists of twelve men, whose verdict is rendered by simple majority.

From Project Gutenberg

Two-thirds of the membership constitutes a quorum, and decisions can be adopted by a simple majority of those present.

From Project Gutenberg

For in Scots juries a simple majority was sufficient, as it is still in all cases except treason.

From Project Gutenberg