In this article, the author discusses Deliberative Polling as the most credible and practical method of public consultation. As compared with self-selected forums or samples of convenience, it employs scientific random samples. As compared with the snapshots of an inattentive public often offered by conventional polls, it assesses informed public opinion produced through deliberation. In this way, the Deliberative Poll attempts to represent everyone in a given population--through a statistical microcosm empowered to think about the issues in question under favorable conditions. At its core, a Deliberative Poll is a survey of a random and representative sample of respondents, both before and after they have had a chance to deliberate. An ordinary poll offers a representation of public opinion as it is--even if that representation reflects no more than the public's impressions of sound bites and headlines on the issue in question. A Deliberative Poll, by contrast, attempts to represent what the public would think about the issue if it were motivated to become more informed and to consider competing arguments. The Deliberative Poll has been called "a poll with a human face" because it puts a human face--and a human voice--on the process of informed opinion change. (Contains 5 footnotes.)