David Winston

Strategist and policy/political pollster, econometrist, history buff, drummer, who has a great cat named Mango - President, The Winston Group

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We are excited to announce the new Discussion Points Podcast with @myramiller and @dhwinston. In each episode, Myra and David will discuss their midterm election outlook, battleground races and major policy issues.

In the latest episode, What is the 2026 Midterm Election Going to Be About?, we explore the key issues shaping the upcoming midterm elections, focusing on economic concerns and presidential job approval.

Questions we cover in this episode:

How important is presidential job approval in a midterm election?
How does President Trump's current job approval compare to previous Presidents Biden and Obama, as well as his own in 2018?
What are voters looking for in evaluating the economy?

Be sure to subscribe for new episodes posting on Thursday.
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In 2024, the electorate sent the message that Republicans had one job: fix the Biden economy. The 2026 election will largely be about the progress that has or hasn’t made on the economy.
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Critical thinking, write @dhwinston and @CaitlinPeartree, is often mistaken for a discrete skill that can be explicitly taught. In reality, it is the outcome of sustained study over a full breadth of subjects—exactly the broad-based, liberal arts education that Yale describes in its report.
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This week from The Winston Group:

-@dhwinston and @myramiller look at our latest data on independents to understand more about this voter group that is key in deciding elections: https://t.co/NRX647gvRs

- @dhwinston analyzes independents' current mood, particularly on the economy: https://t.co/72pokfPlZm

-And ICYMI last week, @CaitlinPeartree and @dhwinston argued the merits of a broad-based, liberal arts education: https://t.co/af1YOpQCSw

For more analysis, visit https://t.co/CqCSa9NLec

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The rising power of independents has been trending in national politics for decades, writes @dhwinston for @rollcall. Independents now wield indisputable clout. And they aren't happy.
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But who are independents? The Winston Group's @dhwinston and @myramiller look at our latest data to understand more about this critical voter group.
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This week from the Winston Group:

-With Ken Paxton’s victory in the TX runoff, @dhwinston and @myramiller offer their take on the state’s voting history and what it will take for Republicans to hold this Senate seat. https://t.co/3aL0m4Zs6F

-@CaitlinPeartree and @dhwinston argue that critical thinking is the outcome of sustained study over a full breadth of subjects, which is exactly the broad-based, liberal arts education Yale described in its recent report on trust in higher ed.
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-@dhwinston takes on the DNC 2024 autopsy and outlines the six questions the report should have addressed.
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For more analysis, visit https://t.co/CqCSa9NLec.

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The DNC finally released its 2024 autopsy, but it was an incomplete post-mortem that failed to address what worked, what didn’t and why.

In his latest for @rollcall, the Winston Group's @dhwinston outlines six politics and policy questions the DNC should have addressed.
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This week from Winston Group:

- Since the DNC won’t release their campaign autopsy, The Winston Group’s @dhwinston and @myramiller outline what happened in the 2024 election
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- @dhwinston analyzes the Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana and what it means for future redistricting efforts
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- In a joint op-ed with @claphamgroup's Mark Rodgers, @myramiller writes about the additional policy opportunities to address affordability and build on the pro-family progress in last summer’s Working Families Tax Cuts.
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For more analysis, visit https://t.co/CqCSa9NLec.

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OPINION — Louisiana's case is the latest chapter in the redistricting war. While the Supreme Court ruled race-based redistricting is unconstitutional, partisan redistricting is not.
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The central question of the redistricting debate, writes @dhwinston in @rollcall, is whether the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision to allow partisan gerrymandering serves our democratic process in the long run.
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Ensuring the central role of voters in the democratic process is the most challenging part of redistricting, writes @dhwinston for @rollcall.

To a degree, modern redistricting has become the very antithesis of that.
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OPINION — When the mapmakers have more of an impact on elections than the voters do, the system is out of whack, writes David Winston @dhwinston https://t.co/8V9tFyph5m

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Columnist David Winston: Gerrymandering has reduced the voice of voters and become a significant problem for our democratic process. https://t.co/ptA4lVjhtx

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The Winston Group's latest analysis by @dhwinston and @myramiller looks at last week's redistricting election, and why Virginia is not a partisan state that either side should take for granted. https://t.co/d0YLYfZ5E9

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The favorable among independents for the Republican Party is 26-68, from @WinningTheIssue. That is a tough number if the GOP hopes to stop a “blue wave,” except for another key number. The favorable-unfavorable for Democrats among independents is 28-65.
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OPINION — Despite early warnings, voters should be wary of predictions of wave elections, writes David Winston @dhwinston https://t.co/MAE9iBfBcx

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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, writes @dhwinston in @rollcall.

But political waves are more complicated than that.
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Given all the polarization we see today, the divisive rhetoric, the negative political discourse and a media highlighting all of it, the idea that we can still accomplish something truly remarkable as a country and celebrate that achievement together is no small miracle, writes @dhwinston. https://t.co/H3G7X9ICKT