I don't know how to continue this discussion, because I don't see the part in section 3 where he talks about voter preferences directly coinciding with candidat

I don't know how to continue this discussion, because I don't see the part in section 3 where he talks about voter preferences directly coinciding with candidate preferences, nor the part where he says preferences are static. Paul Graham says[1] people should quote the thing they disagree with before they argue against it, and I think that would help here. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html