The phrase "affect the overwhelming majority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something on a large group of people or entities.
Example: "The new policy is expected to affect the overwhelming majority of employees in the organization."
Alternatives: "impact the vast majority" or "influence the great majority".
If Britain can tackle the endless problems of underachievement, injustice, discrimination, inequality and alienation as they affect the minority races, then it would be well on the way to redressing the imbalances which affect the overwhelming majority - all those who in some way are excluded from the groups who hold the key to power and patronage.
When the Declaration was adopted, UNICEF's Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman noted that "to become a reality, the Declaration must be accompanied by a strong political will and public policies and budget allocations must reach Indigenous peoples, so that Indigenous children can overcome poverty, discrimination, and exclusion, which affect the overwhelming majority".
The humanitarian crisis meanwhile, affects the overwhelming majority of the population.
So, clamour for increased attention and public investment can inequitably divert scant health resources from the infectious and childbirth-related diseases of undernutrition, and poverty the primary concerns affecting the overwhelming majority of underprivileged Indians.
While this is not enough to affect the overwhelming Democratic majority in the Assembly, this will have an impact on the political landscape immediately ahead - particularly in the race for Governor and for control of the NYS Senate.
They affect adults in the overwhelming majority of cases, and are most commonly identified in individuals in their 5th decade of life.
It's true there's a small percentage of scientists who believe human activity has not affected the climate — but the overwhelming majority (around 97percentt, research suggests) believe human-caused climate change is occurring.
The current president (that is, Barack Obama) does believe that human beings are affecting the climate, precisely because the overwhelming majority of scientists who study the issue think that's the case.
While everyone is affected, women and girls bear the overwhelming majority of the burden.
And even though, chronic pain affects far more women than men, the overwhelming majority of pain studies have been conducted on male mice, the article points out.
"Because of World-Check's confidentiality clause, the overwhelming majority of people affected by World-Check's profiling will have no idea why they have been refused a bank account or had a transaction blocked," said consultant Hayes.
