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David Lazer
  • Sep 11, 2018
  • 1 min

Example town hall: George Radanovich (R, CA)

At the heart of our research is a series of online town halls we conducted with Members of Congress. Below is a series of snippets from our online town hall with George Radanovich, then a Republican Member of Congress from California. Note key elements: 1) Everything is voice mediated (making clear that it is the Member, not staff person, who is communicating) 2) Short introductory remarks by the Member. 3) Light handed and neutral moderation. 4) A diverse/representative set
David Lazer
  • Aug 26, 2018
  • 2 min

For those of you coming to APSA...

Hope you can join us for an Authors meets critics panel, leading off at 8am the first day of the conference. Authors Meet Critics: Neblo, Esterling, and Lazer’s “Politics with the People” Thu, August 30, 8:00 to 9:30am, Marriott, Salon H "Politics with the People: Building a Directly Representative Democracy," squarely addresses the conference theme of “Democracy and Its Discontents.” We argue that representative democracy in the U.S. (and elsewhere) is building toward a cris