Center for Deliberative Democracy
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®.
News & Events
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Deliberation, Single-Peakedness, and the Possibility of Meaningful Democracy: Evidence from Deliberative Polls, The Journal of Politics
Christian List, Robert C. Luskin, James S. Fishkin and Iain McLean - Proposition generated by the California state-wide Deliberative Poll is endorsed by the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News
- Results of National Deliberative Poll in Japan on Energy Choices
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Most People are Rationally Ignorant, The European
What decisions would we make if we deliberated carefully about public policy? - 'Deliberative polling' is a good 1st step, Asahi Shimbun editorial
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Japanese Deliberative Poll on Energy Policy Announced
The central government for the first time will introduce Deliberative Polling® to better reflect public opinion in compiling basic policies for nuclear power and other energy sources. -
What the People Want–When They Think About It
James Fishkin's SFGate City Brights post on the "Government Performance and Accountability Act", an initiative that combines the top six proposals from the What's Next California? Deliberative Poll®. - Viewpoints: Californians want to change initiative process, The Sacramento Bee
- When Citizens Deliberate, A New Science of Virtues
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Deliberative Polling should be used in key policy issues like energy
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The Deliberative Initiative: Returning Direct Democracy to the People
James Fishkin's SFGate City Brights post on charting a new path to a successful California initiative process. - A California experiment in democracy, San Francisco Chronicle
Deliberative Polling®
- Deliberative Polling®: Executive Summary
An summary of Deliberative Polling® to date, including selected results.
Deliberative Polling®, developed by Professor James S. Fishkin, is a technique which combines deliberation in small group discussions with scientific random sampling to provide public consultation for public policy and for electoral issues. A number of Deliberative Polls have been conducted in various countries around the world, including China, Japan, Britain, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil and in the United States, some national and some local.
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