> that doesn't measure that they are doing what we want them to do. That measures how effectively they can convince us that the other candidate would be worse

> that doesn't measure that they are doing what we want them to do. That measures how effectively they can convince us that the other candidate would be worse If we are convinced, then they are doing what we want them to do--because they convinced us that there is no point in wanting anything else. > On most topics, there is NO candidate who is for doing things outside of the current Overton window. Yes, but what is the Overton window? It's the range of policies that most people will accept. So by definition only policies within the Overton window can possibly be what the people (or at least a majority of us) want.