https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/05/narrow-majorities-in-u-s-house-have-become-more-common-but-havent-always-led-to-gridlock/
House Republicans held the fifth-smallest majority in U.S. history at the start of the current congress, tied with the 107th and 83rd Congresses. ... Following the election of Democrat Jennifer McClellan to fill a vacant seat in Virginia, they have just a nine-vote edge on Democrats, 222 to 213 (or 2.06 percentage points)

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/01/slim-majorities-have-become-more-common-in-the-u-s-senate-and-house/
In the House, Democrats are expected to have a slim majority next year. The narrowest House majorities in the six decades we examined occurred in the 106th and 107th Congresses, when Republicans made up just over half (51%) of the chamber, holding 223 and 220 seats, respectively. (A party usually needs at least 218 seats for a majority in the

https://www.yahoo.com/news/explainer-does-smaller-majority-house-234250354.html
And while Democrats are likely to retain control for two more years, their current 232-197 majority could easily shrink. Here, Dustin Weaver, Congress editor for The Associated Press, answers

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-house-majority-is-their-smallest-in-decades-and-shrinking/ar-BB1jPJ9Q
If all members of the House do show up for a vote, 216 votes constitutes a simple majority and Republicans can afford to lose only two members on an issue. (There are four vacancies starting

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-one-smallest-majorities-history-speaker-mike-johnson-rcna134842
1953: A narrow Republican majority kept shrinking With Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket, Republicans won control of the White House, the Senate and the House in the 1952 elections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/11/11/narrow-majority-congress-history/
Rankin was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the war, ... Republicans were set to have a small majority in the House, 218-216, along with one member of a third party. Then a truly

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-narrow-majority-democrats-flip-seat-new-york/index.html
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is overseeing one of the smallest House majorities in history - and Democrat Tom Suozzi's win in a New York special election will shrink it further.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-03/house-democrats-small-majority-nancy-pelosi-challenges
Nancy Pelosi is about to take the reins of the smallest House Democratic majority in nearly a century. Control of the Senate is still up for grabs. And President Trump's allies in Congress have

https://www.kcra.com/article/explainer-what-does-a-smaller-majority-in-the-house-mean-1/34596371
She had been widely expected to easily win another term as speaker in January, but having a smaller majority means she'll have fewer votes to spare. No challengers to her position have emerged

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/politics/the-speaker-has-to-be-very-careful-gop-s-house-majority-is-the-smallest-of-21st-century/ar-BB1jQbGg
The Washington Post recently published an infographic showing that the 2023-2024 House Republican majority is the smallest of the 21st century. Republicans haven't had such a narrow lead since

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College
Electoral votes, out of 538, allocated to each state and the District of Columbia for presidential elections to be held in 2024 and 2028 based on the 2020 census; every jurisdiction is entitled to at least 3. In the 2020 presidential election (held using 2010 census data) Joe Biden received 306 ( ) and Donald Trump 232 ( ) of the total 538 electoral votes.

https://www.wdsu.com/article/explainer-what-does-a-smaller-majority-in-the-house-mean-1/34596371
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell firmed up the majority in the 2018 midterms when Republicans gained two Senate seats, giving them 53 compared to 47 for Democrats, including to Independence.

https://constitution.laws.com/article-2/majority
The Majority Vote is a crucial aspect of American democracy, and it is a cherished right of every citizen in the country. It ensures fairness and transparency in the electoral process and gives the majority a voice in national decision-making. It is crucial to participate in the electoral process, ensuring that your voice is heard, and your

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/10/26/americas-largest-and-smallest-voting-districts/
The difference between the largest and smallest districts in some states on national level is significant. One example is Texas. District 22, the most populous in the Lone Star State, has 897,080

https://www.nytimes.com/article/the-electoral-college.html
On Dec. 14, as electors gathered across the country to cast their ballots, Joseph R. Biden Jr. had earned 306 electoral votes, 36 more than needed to win. President Trump had earned 232 electoral

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-gop-has-one-of-the-smallest-house-majorities-in-history/ss-BB1hgX2a
The last time the House majority was this small was in the early 1950s, when President Dwight Eisenhower's Republican Party had just 221 seats against 213 Democrats and an independent. Several

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/29/politics/speaker-mike-johnson-narrow-majority/index.html
Speaker Mike Johnson is overseeing one of the smallest House majorities in history as Congress confronts upcoming battles over government funding and contentious fights over immigration and

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pelosi-readies-speaker-vote-new-congress-sworn-n1252688
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy got 209 votes from his own party. Pelosi won the previous vote for speaker by 220-192 over McCarthy. Sunday marked the swearing in of the 117th Congress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_(parliamentary_procedure)
A "Qualified Majority" (also a "supermajority") is a number of votes above a specified percentage (e.g. two-thirds); a "relative majority" (also a "plurality") is the number of votes obtained that is greater than any other option. Henry Watson Fowler suggested that the American terms "plurality" and "majority" offer single-word alternatives for

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/14/what-is-ranked-choice-voting/71732212007/
Ranked-choice voting or RCV is a system that only some states and counties use, but there's a growing push to implement it in wider U.S. elections. ... Scenario one: One candidate wins a majority

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-now-one-smallest-194759490.html
1953: A narrow Republican majority kept shrinking With Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket, Republicans won control of the White House, the Senate and the House in the 1952 elections.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/live-blog/midterm-elections-live-updates-rcna55699
Senate What If: Choose potential paths to a Senate majority in 2022. By Sunday evening, more than 41 million ballots had been cast nationwide. NBC News is tracking the early vote here. Plan your

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election_records
Largest majority. The largest majority received by an individual is also Sir Cooper Rawson, reelected with a majority of 62,253 (35.2% of votes) at Brighton in 1931.: 101 The largest majority received by a woman is 38,823 (71.4% of votes) by the Countess of Iveagh elected MP for Southend in 1931. Lowest winning share of the vote

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DnwQSrtfk-A
If the little one doesn't like then that's it 😂#cute #fun #dadjokes #funny #sisters #funnyfamily #dance

https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/06/28/false-claims-biden-trump-presidential-debate-atlanta
Here's a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump's first debate Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-top-court-majority-says-marijuana-possession-not-crime-2024-06-25/
A majority of the justices on Brazil's Supreme Court are in favor of decriminalizing the possession of marijuana for personal consumption, following a crucial vote on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/which-parties-make-up-south-africas-unity-government-2024-06-24/
Nearly one month after the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, 10 South African political parties have agreed to

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-le-pen-expects-clear-far-right-win-power-over-macron-2024-06-27/
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is confident her party will win an absolute majority in parliament, form a government and impose limits on what President Emmanuel Macron can do to support

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-presidential-election-process-2024-06-25/
Iranians will vote in a snap presidential election on Friday to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, a contest set to be dominated by security hardliners