The Winston Group

06/01/2026

With Ken Paxton’s victory in the Texas GOP runoff, The Winston Group's David Winston and Myra Miller look at the state's voting history and what it will take for Republicans to hold this Senate seat.

With Ken Paxton’s victory in the Texas GOP runoff, this week we look at the vote history in the state and what it will take for Republicans to hold this

05/26/2026

In the latest CPI report, inflation ticked up to 3.8%, the highest since May 2023. While the White House reaction is that these numbers are temporary, Republicans should be prepared for Democrats to start using the inflation reports agains them.

There are five more inflation reports before the November election. These reports will play key roles in how the electorate evaluates progress on the economy.

In the last CPI report released last week, year-over-year inflation ticked up to 3.8% — the highest CPI of President Trump’s term. This is the highest CPI

05/19/2026

In the conversation about student achievement, one important element is the experience of students before they ever enter a classroom. The early childhood years are a crucial window for brain development and other important skills.

Research conducted by The Winston Group on behalf of The Clapham Group earlier this year looked at several proposals aimed to help families with cost of living in those critical early years.

In the larger conversation about student achievement and outcomes, one important element is the experience of students before they ever enter a classroom. The

05/15/2026

This week from The Winston Group:

- Since the DNC won’t release their campaign autopsy, The Winston Group’s David Winston and Myra Miller outline what happened in the 2024 election
https://www.winstongroup.net/2026/05/11/the-missing-dnc-campaign-autopsy/

- David Winston analyzes the Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana and what it means for future redistricting efforts
https://rollcall.com/2026/05/13/louisiana-case-is-the-latest-chapter-in-redistricting-war/

- In a joint op-ed with The Clapham Group's Mark Rodgers, Myra Miller writes about the additional policy opportunities to address affordability and build on the pro-family progress in last summer’s Working Families Tax Cuts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4559420/hillary-clinton-new-york-times-affordability-partisan-issue/

For more analysis, visit winstongroup.net.

05/14/2026

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 redistricting efforts.

It has been a long and winding road to the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision that turned redistricting politics on its head two weeks ago. The bottom line: The court ruled race-based redistricting is unconstitutional but partisan redistricting is not. For those of us who are not lawy....

05/12/2026

As the DNC takes heat from fellow Democrats for refusing to release the 2024 campaign autopsy, The Winston Group is re-releasing its report on what happened in the 2024 election. Our report draws from a survey of 1,250 respondents who voted in the 2024 election and Edison Research exit polls.

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

05/11/2026

Last summer’s Working Families Tax Cuts made meaningful pro-family progress, write Myra Miller of The Winston Group and Mark Rodgers of The Clapham Group in a new joint op-ed.

But there are additional policy opportunities to address affordability and cost of living.

While she's right to recognize affordability challenges facing our families, Clinton is wrong to assume it belongs to her side, or either side of the aisle.

05/07/2026

In today's Roll Call, the Winston Group's David Winston discusses the current state of redistricting, and the challenge of ensuring the central role of voters' voices by producing maps that honestly reflect the electorate's public will.

Read the full piece here:

“As a mapmaker, I can have more of an impact on an election than a campaign, than a candidate. When I, as a mapmaker, have more of an impact on an election than the voters, the system is out of whack.” I said that in a 2005 book interview dealing with redistricting reform after many […]

05/06/2026

Our take on the debate over whether today’s students get too much homework or not enough, and how much is too much.

For many adults, homework may conjure memories of endless rows of math problems, perhaps multiplication or long division, and the prospect of a long

05/05/2026

As polls show President Trump’s job approval becoming more challenging, there are concerns the Senate is more in play than initially thought. But from our latest analysis, Senate race history shows that presidential job approval isn’t always the sole determinant of incumbent re-election.

A look at four Democrats who survived Senate re-election in 2022 shows presidential job approval isn’t the sole determinant of incumbent re-election.