3.5% rule

English

Proper noun

the 3.5% rule

  1. (politics) The observation that nonviolent resistance campaigns involving at least 3.5% of the population are likely to achieve political change.
    • 2019 May 13, David Robson, “The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Regarding the “3.5% rule”, she [Erica Chenoweth] points out that while 3.5% is a small minority, such a level of active participation probably means many more people tacitly agree with the cause.
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