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absolute majority a number of votes totalling over 50 per cent, such as the total number of votes or seats obtained by a party that beats the combined opposition How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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By the end of 2004, Republicans had won absolute majorities in two
successive elections (after six elections when neither party had done
so); they had remained in control of both houses of Congress for more
than a decade (if we discount the temporary effects of Jim
Jeffords's defection); they controlled a majority of state
legislatures, the governorships of the four most populous states (for
the first time ever), and as many voters called themselves Republicans
as Democrats. Young
black draftees and volunteers flocked to elite outfits, comprising near
or absolute majorities in line units of the 101st and 82nd Airborne
Divisions and the 173rd Airborne Brigade (all now heavily white and
Hispanic, and deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan). |
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