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Roll Call: One Year In, How Are Republicans Doing Selling The BBB To Voters?
In his latest column for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston assesses the work Republicans have done to sell the One Big Beautiful Bill to voters a year after passing their signature legislative accomplishment. Despite the attacks coming from the usual suspects, the BBB not only extended the 2017 tax cuts, which helped all Americans, but added new deductions for some income made on tips and overtime pay, as well as Social Security
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Discussion Points Episode 5: Why Are Polls Wrong?
Are Tax Cuts Depriving The Government Of Needed Revenue?
Roll Call: Mamdani, Schumer, Jeffries: Who Is In Charge?
What Is the 2026 Midterm Election Going To Be About?
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What Is the 2026 Midterm Election Going To Be About?
In the 2024 election, the electorate sent the message that Republicans had one job: fix the Biden economy. The 2026 election will largely be about the progress that has or hasn’t made on the economy. Since the 2024 election, voters are not seeing much progress on the economy, and this
Discussion Points Episode 3: What Is The 2026 Midterm Election Going To Be About?
This episode explores the key issues shaping the upcoming US midterm elections, focusing on economic concerns, voter priorities, and the impact of presidential job approval. Political strategists Myra Miller and David Winston analyze recent election trends, providing insights into what voters care about most and the key issues in the
Discussion Points Episode 2: The DNC Autopsy Fiasco – What Really Happened In The 2024 Election?
In this episode, Myra Miller and David Winston analyze the DNC’s campaign autopsy report on the 2024 presidential election and the implications for the Democratic Party. They emphasize the importance of after action reports in understanding campaign outcomes and highlight key findings from the report, including the loss of the
Are Tax Cuts Depriving The Government Of Needed Revenue?
Republicans have just passed the one year mark of their signature legislative accomplishment, The Big Beautiful Bill. One of the main Democratic criticisms of the BBB and the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is that tax cuts “deprive the federal government of needed revenue.” Given the nation’s bleak fiscal
Economic Issue Handling Slips For Republicans
Throughout the conflict with Iran, the economy has stumbled and we have seen Republican leads on the economy erode. But from our trending for Winning the Issues, slippage on economic issue handling started last year and before the conflict started in late February. Our new numbers (May 30-June 2) confirm
Inflation Creeps Back Up: What Republicans Should Expect
In the last CPI report released last week, year-over-year inflation ticked up to 3.8% — the highest CPI of President Trump’s term. This is the highest CPI since May 2023, meaning that it is higher than when President Biden left office (3%). We have been tracking the cumulative effect of
Good News and Bad News from the Long Term Trends NAEP
The findings from Wednesday’s release of the latest NAEP Long Term Trends data were a mixed bag. On the one hand, nine year olds posted some real improvements in reading and math from 2022 to 2025. Thirteen year-olds, on the other hand, were virtually stagnant or had declined from 2023
Education Next: The Yale Report and the Value of the Liberal Arts
The Winston Group’s David Winston and Caitlin Peartree are out with a new essay at Education Next. In this piece, they consider the recent report on trust in higher education from Yale University and the importance of the kind of broad-based, liberal arts education an institution like Yale provides. A
Five Proposals For The Early Childhood Years
In the larger conversation about student achievement and outcomes, one important element is the experience of students before they ever enter a classroom. The early childhood years are a crucial window for brain development and other important skills. Research conducted by The Winston Group on behalf of the Clapham Group
Roll Call: One Year In, How Are Republicans Doing Selling The BBB To Voters?
In his latest column for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston assesses the work Republicans have done to sell the One Big Beautiful Bill to voters a year after passing their signature legislative accomplishment. Despite the attacks coming from the usual suspects, the BBB not only extended the
Roll Call: Mamdani, Schumer, Jeffries: Who Is In Charge?
In his latest column for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston considers the Democratic Socialist victories in the New York City Democratic primaries and the challenges they may pose for the future of the party as a whole. What does this mean in terms of policies? Democrats are trying
Roll Call: Unhappy Independents Will Decide This Election
The rising power of independents has been trending in national politics for decades, writes The Winston Group’s David Winston in today’s column for Roll Call. Independents now wield indisputable clout. And they aren’t happy. In the most recent Winning the Issues survey (May 30-June 2), 71 percent of independents said