… Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), like most other electoral reformers, has strongly favored majority rules for most of his career. He advocated such systems as mayor of Burlington, Vt. , in Congress, and now, as a presidential candidate.
Sanders argues it is unfair to let a candidate win who might be supported by a minority, and that majority rules give people the ability to vote their true preferences instead of making strategic calculations.
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Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill