Margin often is used to describe voting results. The Supreme Court upheld the gun ban by a margin of one vote. The biggest number in a group of numbers, especially things such as election results. Alejandro Toledo won Peru s three-way presidential race with a plurality 36 percent. If only two people are involved, majority is the correct term.
Majority refers to having more than half.
A run-off election is planned next month in Peru because Toledo did not win the majority vote, which is 50 percent of the votes plus 1 more vote. Seven homes were sold in Huntington Beach last month. The median gives a clearer picture when the numbers vary greatly. Seven homes were sold in Huntington Beach last month. You must calculate the median when dealing with an even number of figures.