Deliberative Polling^®

Deliberative Polling^®
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Citizens are often uninformed about key public issues. Conventional polls represent the publics surface impressions of sound bites and headlines. Deliberative Polling^® is an attempt to use television and public opinion research in a new and constructive way. The polling process reveals the conclusions the public would reach, if people had opportunity to become more informed and more engaged by the issues.

Deliberative Polling^®: Toward a Better-Informed Democracy, Professor James Fishkin gives an executive summary of Deliberative Polling^® and reviews the results of polls conducted in Britain, Australia, Denmark, and in the United States.

What is Deliberative Polling?

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Case Studies

	ASSCU: American Democracy Project – How might Deliberative Polling^® be used on college campuses to engage students, faculty, staff, and/or members of the broader community in discussions of public issues?
	Bulgaria – A national random sample of the citizenry was brought to a single site to deliberate for a weekend on a crucial social issue – Policies toward the Roma in Bulgaria.
	By the People: Americas Role in the World – CDD and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions have conducted deliberative polls on issues facing the citizens of the United States such as U.S. foreign policy, health care, education and citizenship in the 21st century.
	California: San Mateo Countywide Assembly on Housing Choices – Is there a critical housing shortage in San Mateo County? If so, what should be done about it?
	Energy Choices – Vermont, Nebraska, Texas and Nova Scotia have used Deliberative Polling^® to give guidance on how their state/province should meet its future electricity needs.
	European Union – What would ordinary Europeans think, if they all came together in the same room? How would their views on the future of Europe change, after a balanced confrontation of their different visions?
	China – Deliberative Polling^® allowed the residents of Zeguo township to impact the budgetary decisions of their local government.
	Greece – One of the two leading political parties in Greece, PASOK, used Deliberative Polling^® to select its candidate for mayor.
	Hungary – Citizens of Kaposvár, Hungary deliberated on on the topics of employment, job creation and the employment policy of the European Union.
	Italy – Citizens of Regione Lazio participating in the first Italian Deliberative Poll became more informed about health care, education and ethics.
	Northern Ireland – For the first time ever, a scientific random sample of parents in Northern Ireland deliberated about a serious public policy issue – their children's educational future.