[EM] Deliberative polling

[Michael Allan]

Speaking of which, he just posted this:

http://lists.thataway.org/scripts/wa-THATAWAY.exe?A1=ind1109B&L=NCDD-DISCUSSION#4
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From: James Fishkin <jfishkin at STANFORD.EDU>
Subject: video from broadcast about Ca citizen deliberations now available online
To: NCDD-DISCUSSION at LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG

Dear all: the Judy Woodruff moderated special is now online with
sections on four topics for citizen deliberation:
reforming the initiative
reforming the legislature
reforming state/local relations
tax and fiscal issues.
In each case, there were initiative proposals that were strongly
endorsed by the deliberating microcosm. Some of these are likely to
make it to the ballot next year.
See:

http://cdd.stanford.edu/mm/2011/ca-state-of-mind/

When the People Speak:
Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

James Fishkin

Available now through all good bookshops, or direct from Oxford
University Press at:
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199572106.do (UK)
Or
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/PoliticalTheory/?view=usa&ci=9780199572106 (USA)
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Michael Allan wrote:
> James Fishkin often invites discussion of his deliberative polls in
> the NCDD list.  Here, on the California poll, for example:
> http://lists.thataway.org/scripts/wa-THATAWAY.exe?A1=ind1107C&L=NCDD-DISCUSSION#1
> 
> -- 
> Michael Allan
> 
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> http://zelea.com/
> 
> 
> Jameson Quinn wrote:
> > This is an interesting attempt. I think that most of us would support more
> > of this kind of thing.
> > 
> > http://cdd.stanford.edu/polls/
> > 
> > Aside from the interest of the methodology, people here might be interested
> > in the content. The California "deliberative
> > poll"<http://cdd.stanford.edu/polls/california/>had two questions of
> > interest:
> > 
> > Allow voters to rank the candidates in order of preference, so that the
> > winner can be
> > decided without a second election. (61% support before, 58% after)
> > 
> > 
> > Elect more than one representative from each Assembly and Senate district
> > with the
> > winners receiving seats proportional to votes (48% support before, 49%
> > after)
> > 
> > 
> > I'm personally disappointed that support did not significantly increase on
> > either question. I suspect that there was not a lot of discussion of these
> > issues. Still, it is interesting to see the raw results and demographic
> > breakdowns on these questions.
> > 
> > Jameson Quinn