plurality rule 簡單多數原則

plurality rule
繁：簡單多數原則
简：简单多数原则

比如，新任总统奥巴马要为帮助他入主白宫的“突出贡献者”安排一个部长级或驻重要国家大使的肥缺，程序上需要参议院在“少数服从多数”的简单多数原则下通过。然而，如果按照这一原则，“金主”们多会如愿以偿，因为在一般情况下，新当选总统的同党在国会中比在野党占有更多席位。

盛立中：美国的权力酬庸与制衡（2009年1月22日）。新浪网，取自http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2009-01-22/104517096766.shtml

Replacing plurality rule with majority rule would improve American primaries. More broadly, an understanding of the critical difference between a plurality and a majority could improve politics around the world.

How Majority Rule Might Have Stopped Donald Trump. (2016, April 28). New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/opinion/sunday/how-majority-rule-might-have-stopped-donald-trump.html