Editing New World Alliance (section)

=== The questionnaire ===
The questionnaire, when finally composed and sent out, came to 21 pages.<ref name=Parkin />  One political science text later compared it to a [[Delphi method|Delphi]] survey.<ref name=Preface />  It consisted largely of multiple-choice questions<ref name=Paulson>Belden Paulson, ''Odyssey of a Practical Visionary'', Thistlefield Books, 2009, pp.&nbsp;500–03.  {{ISBN|978-0-9816906-1-2}}. The author is identified as a political scientist at [[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]].</ref> about what a transformation-oriented political organization should consist of.<ref name=Olson />  Some questions dealt with policy; for example, "How can we make small family farming more of an option for Americans?"  Others dealt with structure – "How large should the Board of Directors be?"<ref name=Lipnack />

Of the 500 people the questionnaire was sent to, 350 responded.<ref name=Lipnack />  The author of the book ''Green Parties'' described the respondents as people involved in personal-growth work and social change.<ref name=Parkin />  The editors of a book on transformational politics described them as "academics, policy experts, and political activists interested in this emerging political perspective."<ref name=Preface />

While it is not clear how closely the organization followed the questionnaire in shaping itself, one political scientist thought it significant that the "overwhelming source" of U.S. political problems among questionnaire-answerers was found to be "our attitudes and values."<ref name=Paulson />