Tag: majority rule
Presidents for life and the problem of democracy
February 20, 2017 | Post
A liberal democracy is not a machine that will run itself: it is run by people.
Weird election rules: The baseball hall of fame
February 18, 2017 | Post
Any variation in election rules — for president, for student body treasurer, or for anything else — allows us to examine the rules’ impact on voting outcomes.
IDK, Not Trump Tho: Donald Trump and Democracy
May 17, 2016 | Post
What’s the difference between a plurality and a majority in a democratic system? Professor Donald Boudreaux explains the huge difference in a recent post at Cafe Hayek by comparing the different voter preferences if Donald Trump wins 40 versus 60 percent of the votes in the Republican primaries. As Boudreaux writes: It’s a common (and […]