In a two-party system, the leaders of the two major parties
would most likely support:
a. winner-take-all electoral rules.
b. proportional-representation electoral rules.
c. electoral rules that require winners to have a majority of votes.
d. a mix of winner-take-all and proportional representation.
Answer: a
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