Who Wants to Deliberate–And Why?
Author InfoNeblo, Michael (Ohio State University) Esterling, Kevin (University of California, Riverside) Kennedy, Ryan (University of Houston) Lazer, David (Northeastern University and Harvard University) Sokhey, Anand (Ohio State University) Abstract Interest in deliberative theories of democracy has grown tremendously among political theorists over the last twenty years. Many scholars in political behavior, however, are skeptical that it is a practically viable theory, even on its own terms. They argue (inter alia) that most people dislike politics, and that deliberative initiatives would amount to a paternalistic imposition. Using two large, representative samples investigating people’s hypothetical willingness to deliberate and their actual behavior in response to a real invitation to deliberate with their member of Congress, we find: 1) that willingness to deliberate in the U.S. is much more widespread than expected; and 2) that it is precisely people who are less likely to partic
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