plurality

Seven months later, a plurality of Democratic primary voters in Michigan chose Dr. Abdul El-Sayed as the party’s nominee for Senate.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Under the state’s constitution, a head of government can be elected with a mere plurality of votes if he or she fails to obtain a majority in three consecutive votes in the house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

A plurality of Platner supporters make $100,000 or more.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

I think a band should represent a community with a plurality of views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Even Sangamon County, where Mr. Lincoln had lived all his mature years, gave a plurality of its votes to General George B. McClellan.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

However, there’s a catch, Mr. Dunham points out: Only when an alternative of life without parole is preserved do pluralities or majorities support ending it.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2019

Even such commonly used labels as “explorer,” familiar to museum patrons from wall texts and audio guides, conceal countless unnamed pluralities and alternative points of view.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2018

Jealous won strong pluralities in the Baltimore area and did well enough in the populous Washington suburbs to win by a large margin over Baker and the others.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2018

Asian voters in the survey sided with her 41% to 20%, and pluralities of liberals, moderates and conservatives also were in Clinton's camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2015

He had bound the might of units, only to find that it was assumed by pluralities.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White