Media & Insights
Evan Roth Smith joins NY1’s “Consultants Corner”
This is a city of immigrants…and it's easy to push off all these failures on crime, on homelessness, on schools increasingly—we’re seeing migrants get brought into that conversation—it’s very easy to point to that and say, ‘that’s why I’m not getting it done.’”
Alyssa Cass tells CNN why Long Island is “running hot” and shifting red
“Long Island is running hot, and when people run hot, they run Republican,” said Alyssa Cass, a Democratic strategist. “George Santos was not an accident. His election was the direct result of years and years of careful Republican recruitment, party building and outreach in Long Island.”
Alyssa Cass on the “31 flavors of Republican chaos”
“Republican fumbling on the border gives Democrats a unique opportunity to seize the issue,” she said. “I think that if Democrats message aggressively and, sometimes, perhaps uncomfortably, they can really seize the advantage on this issue.”
Can a Biden Democrat Win the MAGA Curious? Alyssa Cass has the answer for NY Mag
The Pilip-Suozzi race is showing the contours of the broader campaign that will play out over the next nine months, according to Alyssa Cass, a Democratic strategist working to help flip the House.
Alyssa Cass on Gov. Hochul’s “smart politics” in retail theft plan
“I think this is really smart politics from the governor,” Democratic consultant Alyssa Cass said. “It’s taking away a big talking point for Republicans. They talk about this retail stuff all the time.”
Evan Roth Smith on the “2024 price war”
A newly released public opinion poll suggests that it’s not enough for Joe Biden to simply say he is committed to lowering prices. He must do more to explain to voters what specific costs he’s been tackling.
Evan Roth Smith on Biden’s challenges with less-engaged voters
Evan Roth Smith, a partner at the Democratic consulting firm Slingshot Strategies, noted Biden’s working-class “Scranton Joe” persona, built over five decades in politics, has essentially disappeared.
Evan Roth Smith tells Semafor: “Voters do not have a clear throughline for what Biden’s trying to do on foreign policy”
“Voters do not have a clear throughline for what Biden’s trying to do on foreign policy,” pollster Evan Roth Smith told Semafor. “They don’t understand, or they don’t see any linkage, between the decisions made around Afghanistan and the decisions made around Ukraine and the decisions made around Israel.”
Evan Roth Smith talks to ABC7 about Slingshot’s December mayoral poll
"One of the possibilities here is a potential indictment of the mayor," Roth Smith said. "We wanted to see how voters would react to something like that, right?"
Evan Roth Smith on the gap between voter concerns and Biden’s economic message
“The president needs to go out and relentlessly target price reduction,’’ said Evan Roth Smith, lead pollster for Blueprint, a Democratic public opinion group. “Voters don't view him as in the fight on prices.’’
Slingshot poll: If Eric Adams resigned, Andrew Cuomo would lead pack of potential successors
The poll was the second this week to deliver devastating news for Adams. After a Quinnipiac University poll found him receiving a record-low approval rating of 28 percent, Slingshot found the mayor had a 37-56 job approval rating….A Slingshot representative said no one commissioned the private survey.
Evan Roth Smith on why Biden needs to do more to tout his wins on prices
“You can talk about these things everywhere, at the loudest possible volume. You can put the president on a podium in front of a pharmaceutical company headquarters, talking about bringing the prices down,” said Blueprint strategist Evan Roth Smith.
Evan Roth Smith talks 2024 redistricting with The New York Times
“A little-known court in New York is in all likelihood about to determine control of Congress,” said Evan Roth Smith
“2025 starts today,” Evan Roth Smith on Mayor Adams’ growing scandals
Shortly after news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ lead fundraiser’s home was being raided by the FBI, Democratic political consultant Evan Roth Smith posted on X that “2025 starts today.”
Evan Roth Smith breaks down Democrats’ 2023 election wins
“When Democrats strongly associate themselves with their most popular accomplishments, they do well,” Roth Smith said.
Alyssa Cass on Governor Hochul’s GOTV strategy
“The more Hochul gets out the vote in New York City, the more wiggle room she has with swing voters in the Hudson Valley, in Long Island, and the Buffalo suburbs,” said Alyssa Cass
Sam Raskin is one of City & State’s Forty Under 40
It takes more than a hack to make a good flack. Slingshot Strategies’ Sam Raskin knows this all too well. From his stints at Politico, Gotham Gazette, Gothamist, Curbed, the New York Post and Patch, Raskin understands the inner workings of local politics.
