A committee is choosing between two alternatives. If the required supermajority is not reached, voting is repeated …. If a supermajority is required instead, the power to select the outcome moves from the median voter to the more extreme … have very many almost indifferent voters and some very opinionated ones, the more stringent a supermajority is required for …

quo can also be mitigated by concentrating decision rights, for instance, by lowering the supermajority requirement. …

enlarge the tax base and retrieve increased rents after compensating the decisive majority. However, this mechanism is more …