Deliberative opinion poll 1992785 219099994 2008-06-13T15:51:43Z 128.164.245.96 claim that deliberative polling has come under strong attack should be supported with citations '''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. PBS has worked with Fishkin via the [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/btp/ 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 [http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/picola/ 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. Fishkin and [[Yale Law School|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. ==Applications== Recently, [[PASOK]] held a deliberative poll to elect the party's candidate for the municipality of [[Amaroussion]]. [[Issues Deliberation Australia/America]], a political psychology think-tank, has worked with the Australian government to use deliberative polling for several important local and national issues, including the referendum on becoming a republic in 1999. Deliberative polls have been also held in China ==See also== *[[Democracy (varieties)]] *[[List of politics-related topics]] *[[Deliberative democracy]] *[[Online deliberation]] *[[Voting system]] ==External links== *[http://cdd.stanford.edu/ Center for Deliberative Democracy], Stanford University * [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/btp/ By the People Progam], Public Broadcasting System * [http://www.tomorrowseurope.eu/ Tomorrow's Europe], the first Europe wide deliberative Poll [[Category:Polling]] [[Category:Political systems]] [[Category:Deliberative methods]]