The Center for Deliberative Democracy, housed in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.
Latest News and Events
America in One Room—Election Follow-Up
The participants in the Deliberative Poll in Dallas and the control group were surveyed in a recent follow-up conducted by NORC. 463 of the original deliberators and 710 of the original control group responded. They were asked about how much they followed the campaign, what they thought of the government’s handling of the Covid crisis and who they planned to vote for. Results for both the deliberators and the control group are presented here.
America in One Room
- Voices of America in One Room
- CDD and Close Up: Learn Deliberative Democracy. This course is for high school students. Course details here.
- Join our deliberations
We have ongoing deliberative events at high schools and colleges around the world. If you, your class, or your school would like to take part in deliberations with us, please reach out to us using the interest forms below. If you would like to learn more about our deliberations in schools, please visit this webpage.
Courses on Deliberative Democracy
Recent Publications
- Does Deliberation Increase Public-Spiritedness? Social Science Quarterly
Rui Wang, James S. Fishkin & Robert C. Luskin - Symposium: James S. Fishkin, Democracy When the People Are Thinking The Good Society
Kimmo Grönlund, Jane Mansbridge, Cristina Lafont, Simone Chambers, Yves Sintomer, Mark E. Warren, Lawrence Lessig, Sanford Levinson & James Fishkin
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