There is a recognized bias in citizen assemblies and jury duty, and academics have discussed various approaches to mitigate this bias. These include balancing for demographic variations, recruiting based on attitudes, and acknowledging the inherent bias despite efforts to control it. In the case of jury duty, there is a concern about the corrupted evolution of the selection process and the lack of a truly random representative sample on juries.
Ireland has been perhaps the most impressive example of citizen assemblies addressing national issues in a new and edifying way. David Farrell is an academic who has studied the Irish example. I talk with him about what Ireland can teach the rest of the world.