The Ripon Society

Winston & Miller Assess the Political Landscape for Republicans Heading into the Midterms

WASHINGTON, DC – With less than four weeks to go before the 2026 midterm elections, veteran GOP pollsters David Winston and Myra M...

“Far more important than the candidate’s words is the estimate you are able to put upon the closeness with which his deeds will correspond to his words.”

Campaign speech, New York City
October 19, 1898

“The virtue that is worth having is the virtue that can sustain the rough shock of actual living; the virtue that can achieve practical results, that finds expression in actual life.”

At New York State Bar Association Banquet
Januar...

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

Kansas City Star

“I ask you to help strike the note that shall unite our people. As a people we must be united. If we are not united we shall slip into the gulf of measureless disaster.”

Before Knights of Columbus, New York City
October 12, 1915