Stanford’s Jim Fishkin - the creator of the Deliberative Poll - has recently completed a public engagement process in Michigan. The effort - “Hard Times, Hard Choices” - brought together a representative random sample of Michiganders to discuss and weigh policy solutions to the state’s obvious fiscal crisis.
Sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation, Fishkin’s Deliberative Poll [...]
With the passage of Prop 11 in November 2008, Californians took a historic step towards reforming our state’s governance. Guest blogger, Elaine M. Howle, the California State Auditor penned this piece regarding this statewide civic participation opportunity:
We Californians have a well-deserved reputation for invention and innovation. So it only makes sense that - if any state [...]
This from Dr. Jim Fishkin of Stanford’s Center for Deliberative Democracy:
Next weekend, Jan 9-10, a civic non-partisan organization, Power2010 will hold a national face to face Deliberative Poll in London. The agenda comes from thousands of online submissions to their web site about how to improve the political system. A national online sample, recruited by [...]