Majority Rule Guarantee of Democracy

What is majority rule? Majority rule is where a “group, party, or faction has more than half the votes” (Webster’s). The statement “In theory and in practice, majority rule is not a reliable guarantee of democracy” is true of the US government today. It is hard for the majority to rule in the United States government, even with the system of checks and balances. There are so many interest groups and organized groups of …

…Supreme Court. Low voter participation also plays a key role in having interest groups run government. If people really do not care about what is going on in government and the only people who do care belong to an interest group. Again, interest groups have the high hand over the majority in democracy. So “in theory and in practice, majority rule is not a reliable guarantee of democracy.” Bibliography American politics BY: Cigler and Loomis