working majority
Noun
Meaning
working majority (plural working majorities)
(politics) A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of parliamentary defeat.
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Examples
In the old law-courts, the class minority of exploiters passed judgement upon the working majority. The law-courts of the proletarian dictatorship are places where the working majority passes judgement upon the exploiting minority.