* Does not punish third party votes * Keeps local election * Largely eliminates plurality rule * Eliminates the need to vote based on others' votes * Is much more resistant to gerrymandering * Eliminates the need for expensive runoff elections
And, it means that candidates would have to actually campaign in states that they would otherwise either automatically win or lose under the Electoral College (red state vs blue state). Under the EC, solid red and solid blue states have no voice in what should be key issues of the election.