The aim of the Degrees of Democracy project is to explore relationships between public opinion and policy. This website provides an introduction to some past research in the field, and describes our ongoing work covering a number of different countries and policy issues. Our analyses are intended to provide insight into how institutional structures and policymaking processes affect some of the most fundamental elements of everyday politics - the quality of representation, the nature of policy change, the degree to which public policies reflect public preferences, and the extent to which preferences reflect changes in public policy.