Fundamentalists have held a majority in the 310-seat majles since 2004, when they overturned a reformist majority, and changing this will not be easy.
But with Republicans holding such a commanding advantage in heavily white districts which still significantly outnumber the diverse districts—it also means that Democrats will struggle to regain a House majority until changing demography brings more seats within their reach.
A Congressional Research Service report from 2005, when a Republican majority was threatening to abolish the filibuster so it could push through Bush judicial nominees, suggests several ways this could happen — for example, through a majority vote changing Senate rules on the first day of a new session.
And finally disintermediation needs to become a part of our voting system, where a simple count of the number of votes for or against a candidate will prevent what happened in the Gore /Bush contest of 2000--where 2000--where 2000--whererevailed over the actual majority votelectoralg history in ways whicollegere still prevailedr tover.
A decrease in stability isn't good, but it may be the price of reducing the high barriers that prevent electoral majorities from changing policy.
The Hungarian parliament has been preparing for this event by passing a blizzard of "cardinal" – or super-majority – laws, changing the shape of virtually every political institution in Hungary and making the guarantee of constitutional rights less secure.
When your eyes change convergence, they naturally want to change focus, since in a majority of cases, changing the point you're looking at means changing the shape of your lens.
But as Jon Cruddas, the de facto leader of Labour's mainstream social-democratic majority, said, just changing the face at the top without any change in the policies and the way politics is organised and conducted would not solve any of Labour's problems.
As it appears ever-likelier that neither the Conservatives nor Labour will command a majority, that is changing.
Having argued with homophobes on and off air, there's very little chance of the majority of them changing their minds.
