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Roll Call: The Shutdown – How Did We Get Here?
The Winston Group’s David Winston gives some historical context to the current government shutdown in today’s Roll Call: It’s important to remember that this is a crisis of the Democrats’ own making that goes back more than 15 years, with passage of the health care law in 2010. [The ACA]
State Of The Shutdown: Our New Numbers
We have new numbers for Winning the Issues (October 15-16, 1000 registered voters) on the state of the federal government shutdown. Is either side moving the needle? Here are initial takeaways: 1.) There has been little impact on views of the two parties compared to views that existed before the
What’s Driving The Shutdown?
The current shutdown has been a long time coming all year. Back in March, Schumer’s decision to cooperate to keep the government open drew backlash from the left and talk of a primary challenge from AOC. It seemed obvious he wasn’t going to be able to do it a second
S Corporation Association: American Voters And The One Big Beautiful Bill
The Winston Group’s David Winston and Myra Miller recently participated in a webinar by the S Corporation to discuss: • How voters perceive the new law and whether they believe they benefit; • How the Section 199A small business deduction and SALT parity provisions are viewed; and • Which messages
What Education Stories Get Covered In The Media?
How does the news media cover education? Are certain types of stories privileged over others in national coverage? These are some of the questions that the team at Bellwether set out to answer in their recent analysis of education news stories across the last year. Looking at over 1,500 stories
Roll Call: Voters Hate Shutdowns
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes about the government shutdown, and how voters tend to react to government shutdowns, in today’s Roll Call. Historical public opinion data from Winning the Issues research, which began in 1999, shows that the government shutdown in 2013 delivered the lowest point for voter attitude