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August 2024 "America in One Room: The Youth Vote"
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Tangentially relevant to AI governance discussions around deliberative democracy and collective decision-making mechanisms; not directly focused on AI safety but illustrates structured public deliberation methods that could inform AI policy processes.
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A nationally representative deliberative poll of 430 first-time voters examined how structured deliberation across political divides shifts opinions on key 2024 election issues including energy, economy, healthcare, and democracy. Results showed nuanced shifts in both progressive and conservative directions after deliberation, with participants emerging with greater mutual respect despite remaining disagreements. The project demonstrates how deliberative democracy mechanisms can surface more considered public opinion among young voters.
Key Points
- •430 first-time voters from across the US deliberated on policy issues before and after completing questionnaires, revealing significant opinion shifts in multiple directions.
- •Post-deliberation, support for net-zero by 2050 and clean energy funding remained strong, but opposition to banning gas/diesel car sales rose from 45% to 59%.
- •Support for raising federal minimum wage to $15 dropped 14 points (62% to 48%), suggesting deliberation moderated some initially progressive economic positions.
- •Participants reported increased mutual respect across political divides, offering a model for bridging social media enclaves and partisan divisions among young voters.
- •Collaboration between Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab, Close Up Foundation, Generation Lab, Helena, and USC's Neely Center.
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# Historic America in One Room Deliberative Poll Releases Data on First-Time Voters' Political Attitudes Ahead of Presidential Election
# Historic America in One Room Deliberative Poll Releases Data on First-Time Voters' Political Attitudes Ahead of Presidential Election
Innovative project brings together first-ever representative sample of first-time voters from across the country to debate the key issues of our time.
- Deliberative Democracy Lab
Courtesy of Close Up Foundation via X
**Stanford, Calif. – August 13, 2024 –** [America in One Room: The Youth Vote](https://americainoneroom.com/) today announced the results of its [Deliberative Poll](https://deliberation.stanford.edu/what-deliberative-pollingr), revealing how first-time voters feel about key issues driving the 2024 Presidential Election: energy and the environment; the economy, AI, and taxes; health care; and democracy and elections, after deliberating with their peers.
A nationally representative sample of 430 first-time voters answered a questionnaire about public policy and voting intention before and after deliberating on the topics. America in One Room: The Youth Vote is a collaboration between [Close Up Foundation](https://www.closeup.org/), [the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law,](https://deliberation.stanford.edu/) [the Generation Lab](https://www.generationlab.org/), [Helena](https://helena.org/projects/america-in-one-room), and [the Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making at the University of Southern California](https://www.marshall.usc.edu/institutes-and-centers/neely-center-for-ethical-leadership-and-decision-making). Deliberative Polling® is a mechanism through which citizens can address complex issues and the trade-offs they pose in an environment curated for civil and respectful conversation across party lines.
James Fishkin, Director of the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab, noted: “These young voters came from all over the country, red states and blue states, urban and rural. They learned what the rest of their generation was thinking, connecting across their social media enclaves and political divisions. They listened to each other and determined what they really thought about the issues and the candidates. And they emerged with greater mutual respect for those they still disagreed with. It gave us all a glimpse of the American public opinion of the future.”
The results show dramatic changes in perspectives after deliberation on issues like contraceptive access, increasing the federal minimum wage, repealing the Affordable Care Act, and more. Some of the movements were more progressive, some more conservative. Notable results from America in One Room: The Youth Vote, include:
On **energy and th
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