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David Winston
President, The Winston Group
President and founder of The Winston Group.
His unique experience has provided him with a multifaceted view of national politics and public policy. Winston has also served as senior leadership staff in Congress and as a senior fellow to a prominent Washington, DC think tank. Combination of political and policy experience has led to his emergence as a trusted political and policy consultant in Washington, DC.
During his four year tenure working with former House Republican Conference Chair JC Watts, 34 million more Americans developed a favorable view of House Republicans, with their approval numbers rising from 36% in 1998 to 53% in 2002. Preceding that, he was the Director of Planning for the Speaker of the House, where he oversaw initiatives ranging from education, taxes, Social Security, health care, and technology, to the 21st Century Congress.
Additionally, Winston was a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, one of the leading conservative public policy think tanks in the country. There he was involved in writing policy papers on topics such as health care, tax policy and agricultural issues.
On an international level, the European Ideas Network, a public policy think tank that works with politicians and strategists from the center-right parties of the European Parliament, brought Winston’s insight and political experience to Europe when they asked him to join their Demographics Task Force.
Winston was an adjunct Professor at the Communications College at American University and has lectured at The Wharton School of Business, MIT, Georgetown, William and Mary, George Washington University and the National War College. He also teaches campaign strategy at the Campaign Management Institute at American University.
Winston is a columnist for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, and was the former polling editor for PollTrack of PoliticsNow, the political website for ABC News, Washington Post, and National Journal.
His unique experience has provided him with a multifaceted view of national politics and public policy. Winston has also served as senior leadership staff in Congress and as a senior fellow to a prominent Washington, DC think tank. Combination of political and policy experience has led to his emergence as a trusted political and policy consultant in Washington, DC.
During his four year tenure working with former House Republican Conference Chair JC Watts, 34 million more Americans developed a favorable view of House Republicans, with their approval numbers rising from 36% in 1998 to 53% in 2002. Preceding that, he was the Director of Planning for the Speaker of the House, where he oversaw initiatives ranging from education, taxes, Social Security, health care, and technology, to the 21st Century Congress.
Additionally, Winston was a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, one of the leading conservative public policy think tanks in the country. There he was involved in writing policy papers on topics such as health care, tax policy and agricultural issues.
On an international level, the European Ideas Network, a public policy think tank that works with politicians and strategists from the center-right parties of the European Parliament, brought Winston’s insight and political experience to Europe when they asked him to join their Demographics Task Force.
Winston was an adjunct Professor at the Communications College at American University and has lectured at The Wharton School of Business, MIT, Georgetown, William and Mary, George Washington University and the National War College. He also teaches campaign strategy at the Campaign Management Institute at American University.
Winston is a columnist for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, and was the former polling editor for PollTrack of PoliticsNow, the political website for ABC News, Washington Post, and National Journal.
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