Deliberative Polling in Winona: A Community Partnership on Alcohol Abuse

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Deliberative Polling in Winona A Community
Partnership on Alcohol Abuse

• Kara Lindaman
• Winona State University

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Issue Alcohol Abuse

• WSU President Judith Ramaley
• Salience
• http//www.startribune.com/local/12721702.html
• Community and Campus Issue
• Campus Community Partnership on Alcohol
  AbuseTask force

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RDD Telephone Survey March 1-11

• Population and Sample Size
• City of Winona population 26,726 (2007)
• On-campus students in WSU housing 2,700.
• Genesys RDD sample 561 completes (500 community
  members 60 oncampus students).
• Survey Deliberative Polling telephone
  survey.docx
• 32 questions total
• 7 knowledge questions
• 13 attitudinal questions
• 11 demographic questions
• Pseudo-survey research lab
• 9 faculty offices and 2 cell phones.
• 70 WSU student callers 430-900M M-Th.

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Briefing Document
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Deliberation Day
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If you build it, they will come?

• 200 respondents interested in more information.
• Invitations mailed twice Directions/maps,
  schedule, briefing document.
• Reminder phone call during week before.
• 40 attended Deliberation Day.
• Incentives
• Shirts, Water bottles, bags
• Donated items.

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Plenary Sessions of Experts

• Panel One Public Health and Safety
• 1100AM-1200PM
• Dan English-Tavern League President
• Judy Hovelson-WSU Nursing Faculty, HVED
  Registered Nurse
• Judith Ramaley- WSU President
• Don Walski- Security Director
• Darrell Warnke- HVED School Social Worker
• Tom Williams- Winona Deputy Police Chief

• Panel Two Public Policy
• 215PM-315PM
• Darrell Ehrlick- Winona Daily News Editor
• Connie Gores- WSU Vice President of Student Life
  and Development
• Rick Howden- Representative Tim Walzs U.S.
  Congressional Staff
• Michelle Langowski-WAPS School Board
• Jerry Miller- Mayor of Winona
• Sharon Ropes- Minnesota State Senator

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Assessment of Deliberation Day

• Overall, this event was
• a somewhat valuable experience (14.3)
• a very valuable experience (85.7).
• Policy experts and policymakers
• somewhat valuable (17.9)
• very valuable (82.1).
• Small group discussions
• somewhat valuable (22.2)
• very valuable (77.8)
• Briefing document
• somewhat valuable (32.1)
• Very valuable (67.9)

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Future Steps

• Share results with Campus-Community Partnership
  Group in August 2009.
• Creation of student-led policy groups in POLS 346
  in Fall 2009.
• Use data and process from the deliberative
  polling project to explore new policy options.

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Special thanks to

• WSU President Judith Ramaley and Provost Sally
  Johnstone.
• WSU Foundation
• ADP Faculty Association Committee
• Deliberative polling WSU student interns
• WSU student survey researchers
• Community Respondents and Participants
• American Democracy Project and Center for
  Deliberative Democracy