Sentences with phrase «example simple majority»

You can also design a non-manipulable voting system like this: you draw two candidates at random, and voters choose between these two according to a specific voting rule (for example simple majority).

Not exact matches

He gave a simple example in that a majority of companies in retail, food service and healthcare don't give out personal, company email addresses.

The great majority of professions see the world in simple terms, for example in the legal profession you are either a lawyer or a non-lawyer.

This conclusion is further supported, for example, by the explicit reference in Article 48 (3) TEU that the European Council shall decide by a «simple majority», or in Article 48 (6) TEU to the need for the European Council to decide by «unanimity».

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10