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The Substantive Minority: Why Democracy Keeps Assuming the Majority Knows What It Wants

The Substantive Minority: Why Democracy Keeps Assuming the Majority Knows What It Wants

Thompson, Ekemini

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN13: 9798257760280
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 17 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why does democracy keep assuming the majority always knows what it wants?

In The Substantive Minority, Thompson Ekemini delivers a sharp, data-driven critique of modern majoritarian democracy. Drawing on the Brexit referendum, the record rise of political independents in America, and global parallels, this non-partisan book reveals how binary choices and narrow majorities systematically silence large, reasonable, evidence-grounded groups of citizens.

From the 16.1 million Remain voters in 2016 to the 45 percent of American adults who now identify as independents in 2025, this book shows that the will of the people is often far more complex than a simple majority vote can capture. When these substantive minorities are ignored, the costs are real: economic underperformance, eroded trust, policy failures, and growing political instability.

This is not a book against democracy. It is a book for making democracy work better.

Inside, you will discover:

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