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In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston dives in to the most recent exit polls to outline the five factors that were in play in Tuesday’s elections that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. Republicans’ loss of independents was one of the deciding factors in both

In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston takes on the Democrats’ leverage strategy in the ongoing government shutdown. From the column: But despite losing the support of one of the most powerful unions in the country, the Democratic leadership seems to be sticking with their leverage strategy, voting

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]

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

The Winston Group’s David Winston writes that Republicans’ work isn’t done when it comes to the One Big Beautiful Bill. The key determining factor in whether voters support the reconciliation package? Whether they believed the bill prevented a tax increase on themselves and their families. How important was this belief