Figure 1
From: Effect of Strong Opinions on the Dynamics of the Majority-Vote Model

Illustration of a “tie” for a randomly selected site σ i . Open (closed) arrows represents σ (μ) individuals in the network. In (a) there is a lack of majority and the probability of flip is independent of q and equal 0.5. In (b) we have a tie for the signs of the spins, two positive and two negative opinions, but we do have a majority of it because the presence of a strong opinion μ.