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Comment author: ChristianKl 16 August 2014 04:16:48PM 1 point [-]

This could potentially force politicians to adhere very closely to the views of the voters on each particular issue, since if you failed to do this you would stand little chance of winning.

As I said before in the linked discussion given current VAA that are used in practice, that's only true for values of "adhere" that are about making verbal promises but not about values of "adhere" that are about making public policy and taking action.