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Roll Call: Artemis II: Back to the Future
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the Artemis II and the unifying optimism of its historic lunar fly-by mission. Given the nation’s current political and ideological division (Real Clear Politics average right track/wrong track is at 34 percent/59 percent), it’s been hard to imagine what
Newt’s World: The Winston Group on the 2026 Midterm Elections
The Winston Group’s David Winston and Myra Miller sat down recently with Newt Gingrich on his podcast Newt’s World to discuss the 2026 midterm elections, inflation and the economy, and the growing importance of independents. Listen to the podcast here.
One Reason For Declining Public Trust In Higher Education
Last week, Inside Higher Ed released its 2026 Survey of College and University Presidents. According to their findings, just 16% of presidents say institutions have been moderately, very, or extremely effective in responding to the public’s declining confidence in higher education. Nearly one in two, 47%, say they haven’t been effective at
Will The 2026 Midterms Be A 2018 Repeat? 3 Reasons It May Not
Republicans are hoping to defy history in the upcoming midterm election. From our historical tracking data, the political environment at this point in the year in 2018 looks similar to where things stand today. The Republican brand was about the same in 2018 (36-59 favorable-unfavorable) as it is in the
Where Are Republicans On The Filibuster?
The future of the filibuster is back in the spotlight as the President continues to push for its elimination. In our latest research for Winning the Issues (March 15-17), we looked at the filibuster and voter reaction to arguments for keeping and eliminating it. Contrast #1 (All Voters): Keeping versus
Do Voters Believe 40% of Fourth Graders Are Below Basic In Reading?
Our last newsletter asked the question: where is the political will to address the clear challenges we are facing in education? We speculated that voters might see the problem as so challenging, they don’t know how we would begin to solve it. Or, they may not be aware of the