Supermajority rule gave southern Democrats an effective veto over any presidential nominee for many years, until the rule's abolition at the 1936 Democratic National Convention. A majority vote, or more than half the votes cast, is a common voting basis. Instead of the basis of a majority, a supermajority can be specified using any fraction or percentage which is greater than one-half (i.e., 50%). It can also be called a qualified majority. Common supermajorities include three fifths (60%), two thirds (67%), and three quarters (75%). A two-thirds vote, when unqualified, means two-thirds or more of the votes cast. This voting basis
Historical quarters of Paris Historical quarters of Paris Most of the Paris we see today is a result of a late-nineteenth-century renovation, but the wide boulevards laid then only bordered and bisected much older quarters of activity created by centuries of Parisian City evolution. For this, Paris has many quarters that are not necessarily mentioned on any administrative Paris map, and many of these spread across several of the city's "arrondissements", so it would be useful to describe each independently of any administrative boundaries. Below are a few quarters that have developed or retained a character of their own, usually identifiable by their commercial