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How Do Highly Educated Voters Vote?
One observation that has become commonplace in recent years when talking about changing partisan trends is that the Democratic Party is becoming the party of educated voters, while voters with less education are increasingly voting Republican. How true is this analysis? To answer this question, we took a look at

Roll Call: Biden’s ‘Historic’ Results Aren’t What He Thinks
In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston again tackles the credibility of the president’s economic messaging with voters. The explanation for Biden’s dilemma isn’t complicated. Voters understand when and why the inflation crisis happened. On March 12, 2021, with all the fanfare of a royal progress, Biden and

Does Education Matter in Views Of The Economy?
One of the challenges President Biden is facing heading into the November elections is convincing voters that the economy is going well. As David wrote in a recent column for Roll Call, many voters don’t buy the economic messaging coming from Biden and the White House. Some, like economist Paul

Roll Call: Biden’s State of the Union was beyond belief. Just ask voters
In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston discusses voter reaction to President Biden’s State of the Union address. Some of the media, working off the same script, seemed to love Biden’s SOTU, praising the president’s atypical delivery, calling him feisty and fiery at every turn. But there is

Do Voters Connect Learning Loss and Grade Inflation?
Inspired by the headlines about elite colleges bringing back their standardized testing requirements (with Brown joining the list last week) we have been focused on issues related to tests and grade inflation. This week, we look at grade inflation through a slightly different lens, analyzing the extent to which voters

Roll Call: Trump’s next test: Go beyond the base
In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston writes about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, and some challenges from Trump going forward. The exit polls also raised some important challenges for the Trump