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How majority voting betrayed voters again in 2016

  • Written by Michel Balinski, Applied Mathematician and Mathematical Economist, "Directeur de recherche de classe exceptionnelle" (emeritus) of the C.N.R.S., École Polytechnique – Université Paris-Saclay
imageWhat if this was our choice on Election Day?AP Photos/Gary Landers and Paul Sancya

The system for electing the U.S. president went woefully wrong from the very beginning of 2016.

First, the two most disliked candidates ever nominated – Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald J. Trump – emerged victors from their parties’ primaries, but...

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