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A concurrent majority is a majority composed of majorities within various subgroups. As a system of government, it means that "major government policy decisions must be approved by the dominant interest groups directly affected ... each group involved must give its consent".[1] There must be majority support within each affected group concurrently.[1]
As a political principle, it enables minorities to block the actions of majorities. In the United States, its most vocal proponents have tended to be minority groups.[2] The concurrent majority was intended to prevent the tyranny of the majority that proponents feared might arise in an unlimited democracy by granting some form of veto power to each of the conflicting interests in society.