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Encyclopedia > Deliberative opinion poll

Deliberative polling combines small-group discussions involving large numbers of participants with random sampling of public opinion. Its overall purpose is to establish a base of informed public opinion on a specific issue. Citizens are invited to take part at random, so that a large enough participant group will provide a relatively accurate, scientific representation of public opinion.


The deliberative opinion poll is a form of Opinion poll that incorporates the principles of Deliberative democracy. It was first proposed by James Fishkin in his 1991 book "Democracy and Deliberation." Since its proposal, deliberative opinion polls have been conducted around the world. Opinion polls are surveys of opinion using sampling. ... Deliberative democracy, also sometimes called discursive democracy, is a term used by political theorists, e. ...


PBS has worked with Fishkin via the By the People Program on several deliberative opinion polls, most recently in 2004, when it sponsored several regional deliberative polls around topics related to the 2004 national elections.


A group at Carnegie Mellon University has been working on the creation of tools for online deliberative polls. Their first tool is a Macromedia Flash-based discussion tool called PICOLA. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Fishkin and Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackerman have proposed a national holiday called Deliberation Day to allow voters to gather in large and small groups to discuss political issues. Yale Law School, established in 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, is a division of Yale University. ... Bruce Ackerman is a famous constitutional law scholar in the United States. ...


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Recently, PASOK held a deliberative poll to elect the party's candidate for the municipality of Amaroussion. Party logo The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. ... Maroussi or Amaroussi, also Marousi and Amarousi, (Greek, Modern: Μαρούσι , Ancient/Katharevousa: _on) older forms: Amarousio, Amarousion, Amaroussi, Amaroussio, Amaroussion and Marousion is a suburban city NE of Athens, Greece. ...


Deliberative polls have been also held in China


See also

Here is a partial list of varieties of democracy. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Liberal democracy History of democracy Referenda Representative democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by ideology... Deliberative democracy, also sometimes called discursive democracy, is a term used by political theorists, e. ... Online deliberation is a term associated with an emerging body of practice, research, and software dedicated to fostering serious, purposive discussion over the Internet. ... A voting system is a means of choosing between a number of options, based on the input of a number of voters. ...

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Scottish Office: Involving Civil Society in the Work of Parliaments (1240 words)
Deliberative opinion polling is the brainchild of the American political scientist James Fishkin, a professor at the University of Texas
The first deliberative opinion poll was run in 1994 in the UK on the subject of crime.
Taking the widely used opinion poll as his starting point, Fishkin argues that the information they provide is limited because individuals respond to questions that they may have given little or no thought to.
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