lingkaran survei indonesia is often made a study subject and even the place where foreign politicians conduct their comparative studies. at the end of 2010 a delegation of us congress led by zack hudgins conducted a meeting with lingkaran survei indonesia. that meeting was a part of their chain of political activities in indonesia aside from visiting various other institutions such as the people's representative council (dpr), political parties, and other elite entities of indonesian politics. the reasoning behind that meeting was stated as due to lingkaran survei indonesia being considered as an influential political institution in indonesia, especially as its role as the pioneer of such form of institution in indonesia.