The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in Roll Call about today’s vote on Mike Johnson’s speakership: [T]oday’s vote for speaker is just as much a test for the Republican Party as a whole — a test with two critical implications. One of the first duties of a new Congress is
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the “existential split” within the Democratic party that has twice led to the election of Donald Trump and now to the Democrats becoming a third party. What has driven the Democratic Party into third-party status isn’t complicated. There is now, and
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the media narratives that “simply did not pan out, as the results and exit polls show.” Pundits also argued that because the country was so polarized, there were no neutral voters; everyone leaned toward one party or the other.
In today’s Roll Call, The Winston Group’s David Winston writes that 2024 may “go down in history as the election the Democratic Party ID hit an all-time low.” Exit polls ask voters which of the two major parties they identify with, or neither, as the case may be. Comparing the
In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston writes that “this election will be won or lost on the basis of who voters believe will deliver a stronger, more stable economy.” While Republicans had produced a better economy than Obama’s, their decision to emphasize other issues for the party’s
The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the Vice Presidential debate between Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz. Overall, Vance and Walz did a good job defending their positions and contrasting them with their opponent’s — and doing it with limited hyperbole. Read the full piece