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Mr. Layton wrote in part--

Well, actually, they're not.  Some members advocate Borda or Cardinal

Ratings, both of which fail majority rule.  In my opinion Approval does as

well.  That's probably more than half the list advocating methods that fail

majority rule.
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D- Democracy just happens to be *majority rule*.

Anything else is minority rule --- of the monarchy or oligarchy type --- 
which has produced, among other things, slavery, the two World Wars, 
gerrymanders, etc., etc.