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majority leader
Political systems; General
A leader elected by the majority party in a legislative house.
majority rule
Political systems; General
A concept of government by the people under which everyone is free to vote, but normally whoever gets the most votes wins the election and represents all the people (including those who voted for the ...
management by objectives (MBO)
Political systems; General
A program for managing the executive branch that required federal agencies to make periodic checks to be sure they were achieving their objectives.
marginal district
Political systems; General
A congressional district in which the winning candidate receives less than 55 percent of the vote.
matching requirements
Political systems; General
The federal government’s requirement that state or local governments put up some of their own funds in order to be eligible for federal aid for a program.
mayor-council plan
Political systems; General
A form of city government under which power is divided between a mayor and an elected city council.
megalopolis
Political systems; General
By definition, a very large city. the term has also been used to describe the cluster of metropolitan areas of the Northeastern seaboard of the United States.
