Sentence examples for straight majority from inspiring English sources

Unanimity is needed for this to happen, but a straight majority will suffice in 2016.

They might then be better off with straight majority votes, even though it would help future Republican presidents, too.

The vote for first minister and for his deputy needed a straight majority among both unionists and nationalists.

So the combined tally looks set to give assorted Islamists a straight majority of seats in the assembly.

Mr. Udall and others had argued that at the beginning of a new Congress, senators could enact rule changes on a straight majority vote.

But if nobody wins a straight majority, the Liberal Democrats will have to make an alliance with either the Labour government or the Conservative opposition.

A key vote would require either 50% of unionists and 50% of nationalists or a straight 70% majority.

Gordon Brown has lost his long-odds bid to lead the Labour Party in Britain to its fourth straight parliamentary majority, but it is not yet clear which party has won.

When people of marginalized identities express a grievance or vulnerability, it is not for the comfortable, white, straight male majority to judge whether their grievances or vulnerabilities are legitimate.

The goal was to end what they see as bumbling by Mr. Day and a consequent failure to make progress toward ending the split in Canada's political right, which many Alliance supporters say has enabled the Liberals to win three straight parliamentary majorities.

As it stands, the Freedom Party is forecast to win those too, though it would be unlikely to gain a straight-up majority in government.