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Panel Session: “How Polarized is America . . . Really? Findings from "America in One Room," A National Deliberative Poll”

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Are We Condemned to Crippling Polarization?

How might the American voting public think differently about the issues, and about our democracy, if it could come together to discuss them under good conditions?

  • Balanced information with contending arguments on the issues
  • Plenary sessions featuring experts with alternative views
  • Norms of mutual respect and civility
  • Neutral and trained moderation of discussions

The method of Deliberative Polling

    • Deployed over 100 times in 28 countries

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America in One Room: The Participants

  • Scientific sample of 523 registered voters from 47 states

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  • Control group of 844

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  • Recruitment by NORC at University of Chicago

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  • Detailed methodological report at cdd.stanford.edu

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The Issues

  • Immigration

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  • Healthcare

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  • Economy and Taxes

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  • Environment

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  • Foreign Policy

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“How Polarized is America . . . Really? Findings from "America in One Room," A National Deliberative Poll”

Michael Dennis, NORC at the University of Chicago

James Fishkin, Stanford University Alice Siu, Stanford University

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Larry Diamond, Stanford University

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Norman Bradburn, NORC at the University of Chicago

Bringing a Representative Sample of Voters to

“America in One Room”: Sampling & Recruitment

Procedures

America in One Room: Piloting Deliberation in the Primary Process

“America in One Room” Deliberative Polling on

Immigration

"America in One Room": The Effect of Deliberation on Attitudes Toward Economic and Foreign Policy

Discussant