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A supermajority vote needs more votes than a mere majority does. For instance, in the 100-member Senate, a simple majority is 51 votes, and a 2/3 supermajority vote needs 67 votes. A simple majority in the 435-member House of Representatives is 218 votes, and a 2/3 supermajority is 290 votes.

Let us discuss the supermajority in detail

  • Any vote by a legislative body requiring more votes than a simple majority of votes to pass is called a "supermajority vote."
  • A supermajority vote in the 100-member United States Senate requires a 2/3 majority or 67 of 100 votes.
  • A supermajority vote in the 435-member US House of Representatives requires 290 of the 435 votes or a 2/3 majority. Several legislative actions in the US Congress, including the president's impeachment, a president's ineligibility for reelection under the 25th Amendment, and a constitutional amendment, led to a supermajority vote.

The concept of supermajority votes in government is not new. In the first century BCE in ancient Rome, supermajority was first implemented. At the Third Lateran Council in 1179, Pope Alexander III instituted a supermajority norm for electing popes 2.

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