The power of majorities --- This made me think about the importance of majorities in order to approve laws - it's really about the proposal that can gather sufficient votes to pass, at least in democracies with independent legislative branches. Also, elected officials have to weigh in what are the priorities, concerns, etc of their constituents and how are their votes going to affect their political future.

Source author: Brenda Estefania Ortiz Calva eortizcalva@aaas.org