a majority of one

     You may have encountered the phrase "a majority of one" in your reading.  A "majority", of course, is more than half of the total number of persons. "A majority of one" means the only one, or the one-and-only, for instance, someone who sticks to an unusual opinion or belief, even though no on else shares his ideas. The ideas may be good ideas, or ahead of their time, but the "majority of one" goes to political meetings alone.