 Every American is affected by the divisions and outrage that prevent us from making progress on urgent problems. The National Issues Forum Institute’s “A House Divided: What Would We Have to Give Up to Get the Political System We Want?” is a guide on leading forums that encourage dialogue and deliberation while exploring the U.S. political system. The guide offers three options to combat division and outrage in America while recognizing that there are no perfect solutions to our political system. Participants will also discover the upsides and potential trade-offs of each proposed idea and deliberate on follow-up questions about how to approach each of the issues. Read more in the post below. Read the full issue guide... Every American is affected by the divisions and outrage that prevent us from making progress on urgent problems. This issue guide is designed to help people deliberate together about how we should approach the issue. These are difficult questions, and there are no easy answers:
What should we do to get the political system we want? What should we do to revive our ability to work together on the most urgent problems? What are we willing to give up in order to do so? This issue guide presents three options for deliberation about difficult problems for which there are no perfect solutions. Each option offers advantages as well as risks. And each reflects different ways of understanding what is at stake, forcing us to think about what matters most to us. The research involved in developing this guide included interviews and conversations with Americans from all walks of life, as well as surveys of nonpartisan public opinion research, subject-matter scans, and reviews of initial drafts by people with direct experience with the subject. Option 1: Reduce dangerous, toxic talk. The problem is that the way we talk is poisoning public life. The “outrage industry” rewards people for saying and doing the most extreme things. Option 2: Make fairer rules for politics and follow them. The problem is that wealthy, powerful special interests game the political system, making it impossible to find compromise. Option 3: Take control and make decisions closer to home. The problem is that our most important decisions are being made too far away from home. Related materials available: nifi.org/en/catalog/product/house-divided-issue-guide-downloadable-pdf
Resource URL: https://www.nifi.org/en/issue-guide/house-divided About National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI), is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves to promote public deliberation about difficult public issues. Its activities include publishing the issue guides and other materials used by local forum groups, encouraging collaboration among forum sponsors, and sharing information about current activities in the network. We also offer training opportunities and resources for moderating forums based on the National Issue Forums framework of deliberation. Moderators and conveners find our resources indispensable in organizing, leading, and advertising their forums for public deliberation. We also provide guidelines for those who wish to frame their own issues. To keep the network and policymakers current, we publish reports about forum outcomes. The NIF newsletters also help individuals and groups learn about what is happening in the network. 
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