Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious, and if they are not genuine, if they do not embody the opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency, no one would wish to have any attention paid to them.
Bagehot highlights the importance of genuine majorities in representing public opinion in Parliament.
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