But while the water bond ultimately passed with near unanimity, supported by both parties and by lawmakers from throughout the state, the debate over groundwater management exposed the deep regional schisms that still exist when it comes to water.
Identity-based polarization has particularly disturbing implications for African Americans, who support Democratic candidates with understandable unanimity.
It has been under consideration since the late 1990s, and all Thai governments, before and after the 2006 military coup, have supported it — a rare example of unanimity across Thailand's fractured political landscape.
Speaking officially in his role as president, Mr. Holbrooke described what occurred behind closed doors by saying simply, "The council displayed unanimity in preference to support the secretary general, but there is no consensus".
On Saturday the Eurogroup broke with its tradition of unanimity, issuing a petulant statement "supported by all members except the Greek member".
They have for the moment agreed to support Paul Ryan's speakership, but not with the unanimity that would constitute an official endorsement.
One Dissenter (also called U-1, or Unanimity minus one) means that all participants support the decision except for one.
This confident answer to the question is not however supported by argument or even survey, and seems to assume unanimity amongst the "we" of a pluralistic, democratic community that is unlikely to obtain.
"This assumption that everyone is operating on, that somehow there is unanimity on the Democratic side, that they would support a [continuing resolution to fund the government] at sequester levels, is an assumption that I question," he said.
However, La Rocque's claim in 1936 that he supported republican liberties did not prevent him in 1941 from demanding "unanimity" under Pétain and a purge of practitioners of Freemasonry from all government departments.
Every sub-population supports a different choice, and the consensus is reached not by majority or unanimity as in the average sentiment case, but rather as a "sufficient quorum of excitation" (Rosenberg, 2015).
