The DNC finally released its 2024 autopsy, but it was an incomplete post-mortem that failed to get to the heart of what worked, what didn’t and why. In his latest column for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston outlines six questions on politics and policy that the DNC report
In his second column on redistricting for Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston discusses the recent Supreme Court case on redistricting in Louisiana. He provides context for understanding the case by using the example of redistricting after the 1990 elections, and considers the impact of the decision on future
In the first of two columns for Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston discusses the current state of redistricting (and gerrymandering), and the challenge of ensuring the central role of voters’ voices by producing maps that honestly reflect the electorate’s public will. Over the past decades, gerrymandering by both parties
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the difficulty of predicting wave elections for either party. Yes, we’ve seen a string of GOP losses in special elections, with the media contrasting the winning percentages against President Donald Trump’s performance in 2024. But political waves are more
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
The Winston Group’s David Winston in today’s Roll Call with the latest on the economy and what we know about how wages have changed relative to prices, gas prices, and the jobs outlook. For Trump and Republicans, however, the biggest challenge remains the economic speed bumps that continue to plague