Criticism
IDA has been criticized by some commentators for perceived bias in the speakers at Deliberative Polls (1). However, other observers have argued that these biases are overblown by critics (2), and that like other Deliberative Polls around the world, the informed national dialogue facilitated by the bringing together of a random sample of citizens with competing experts, counters typical flaws in traditional opinion polling.
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