supermajority
(chiefly, North American) A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.
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Anarchist lottery bottom up organization with supermajority recall power, prove me wrong!
They'll keep working on other ways to cheat with their billionaire Klan/Kult funders. But if AMERICANS can form the supermajority, we CAN fix this by impeaching and removing the corrupt Republicans and electing Americ…
They do this same shit re Obama 2009-10, when he had a Senate supermajority and the biggest electoral mandate since Reagan after 84. Liberals are obervers to history, not actors
Obama had a supermajority in the Senate for a time during his first year. There's no fucking excuse for the lazyass way he operated as president.
This series was a very enlightening look behind how the GOP has been using its supermajority power in Tennessee years before the most recent SCOTUS decision.
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(chiefly, North American) A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly greater than 50 percent, such as two thirds.
“Anarchist lottery bottom up organization with supermajority recall power, prove me wrong!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They'll keep working on other ways to cheat with their billionaire Klan/Kult funders. But if AMERICANS can form the supermajority, we CAN fix this by impeaching and removing the corrupt Republicans and electing Americans, instead.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They do this same shit re Obama 2009-10, when he had a Senate supermajority and the biggest electoral mandate since Reagan after 84. Liberals are obervers to history, not actors”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Obama had a supermajority in the Senate for a time during his first year. There's no fucking excuse for the lazyass way he operated as president.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This series was a very enlightening look behind how the GOP has been using its supermajority power in Tennessee years before the most recent SCOTUS decision.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, UK) A majority in a vote that reaches a preset threshold value significantly larger than 50%, such as , often required instead of a simple majority for reaching a decision; particularly on important matters, such as modifying the bylaws of an association.
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(North America) : (of a motion) more votes in favor of a proposition than against it.
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(UK, informal) : The largest share of the item being counted.
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