DNC Chair Ken Martin is taking heat from fellow Democrats for refusing to release the 2024 campaign autopsy. On a recent episode of Pod Save America, host Jon Favreau confronted Martin about the report. Martin said, “I don’t have a time machine…we can’t change what happened in ’24. The only thing
Presidential job approval is always a key factor in a midterm, posing challenging headwinds to candidates from the president’s party. As polls show President Trump’s job approval is becoming more challenging, there are concerns the Senate is in play more than initially expected. However, Senate race history shows that presidential
Tuesday’s redistricting election in Virginia was a win for Democrats, but the outcome was close. Since last November’s Democratic wins for governor and in the state legislature, the state’s progressives are feeling emboldened, but it wasn’t long ago that they had an unpleasant surprise with Terry McAuliffe’s 2021 defeat by
Democrats are getting excited at the prospect of a Blue Wave this fall, and the media seems to be joining in the hype. While Republicans had a Red Wave disappointment in 2022, Democrats had their own Blue Wave bust in 2020. On Election Night, House Democrats had a rude awakening
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.
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