
Media & Insights

Alyssa Cass on how Kamala Harris can break through with “strength and fearlessness”
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass told Semafor about Harris’ need for “outsized” media attention on positions that might be controversial for the Democratic nominee to take.

Evan Roth Smith on why Kamala Harris should break from Biden on key issues
Slingshot partner Evan Roth Smith told the Wall Street Journal’s Tarini Parti that the Harris campaign was making a mistake by failing to clearly depart from the incumbent president’s policies.

Alyssa Cass on the limited upside of sticking with Biden
Alyssa Cass explained to the Associated Press that due to anti-incumbent sentiment and Biden’s unpopularity, Kamala Harris has little to lose by breaking with the incumbent president.

Evan Roth Smith on Harris’ missed opportunity on “The View”
Slingshot partner Evan Roth Smith explained to Semafor’s Shelby Talcott why Harris would do best to clearly define herself as separate from Biden.

Alyssa Cass on Andrew Cuomo’s limited electoral appeal
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass’s memo, featured in Politico, warned that the scandals plaguing the former governor would “complicate” any case he made to voters.

Alyssa Cass on how Eric Adams’ indictment has cooled down Republican attacks on the city
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass spoke to Vanity Fair about how Eric Adams stopped giving ammunition to anti-New York City Republicans after he was indicted by the Department of Justice.

Evan Roth Smith on how Kamala Harris “erased” Biden’s central weakness
Evan Roth Smith told the New York Times that Kamala Harris had zeroed out the party’s main weakness — the perception that Democrats were not focused on cutting costs — even while voters thought that Biden wasn’t doing enough.

Evan Roth Smith on the information gap between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass spoke with Politico about the hypocrisy of New York’s sitting congressional Republicans — all of whom have tried to moderate on abortion access while having anti-choice voting records.

Alyssa Cass on the impact of celebrity presidential endorsements
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass spoke to the New Yorker about why some big-name endorsements seem to make an impact when others do not.

Evan Roth Smith joins Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss the Harris campaign’s turn towards economic policy
Slingshot founding partner Evan Roth Smith explained on Bloomberg Surveillance how the presidential race was turning towards substance after a scorching summer of political theater.

Alyssa Cass calls out New York’s two-faced Republicans over abortion rights
Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass spoke with Politico about the hypocrisy of New York’s sitting congressional Republicans — all of whom have tried to moderate on abortion access while having anti-choice voting records.

Evan Roth Smith: Kamala Harris can demonstrate her own toughness and “close this chapter” in American politics
Slingshot founding partner Evan Roth Smith spoke to CNN’s Ronald Brownstein about how Kamala Harris’s entry changed the 2024 race and gave many Americans hope that the country could shake off the dominating political “frame” of the past decade.

Evan Roth Smith joins The Bulwark to discuss which messages work best for Kamala Harris
Slingshot partner Evan Roth Smith discussed Blueprint’s efforts to poll test different messages for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Emphasizing her time as an attorney and her focus on economic issues worked; emphasizing her time in the Biden administration and her focus on protecting the LGBTQ community did not.

Evan Roth Smith on how Kamala Harris needs to define herself
Slingshot partner Evan Roth Smith spoke with Puck’s Peter Hamby about how the Vice President needs to define herself independent of President Trump and President Biden.

Evan Roth Smith on what Kamala Harris needs to do to persuade independent voters
Slingshot founding partner Evan Roth Smith discussed the latest Blueprint polling results with Vox’s Christian Paz. Voters are yet to form a strong impression of Kamala Harris — meaning that she has a real opportunity to define herself as someone who cares about the things Americans care about, most importantly fighting crime, securing the border, and bringing down inflation.

Evan Roth Smith joins CNN’s Dana Bash to discuss the race to define Kamala Harris
Slingshot Founding Partner Evan Roth Smith joined CNN’s Dana Bash to discuss Blueprint’s (a project of Slingshot Strategies) new polling on how Kamala Harris can most effectively define herself to win over the voters she needs most and to combat Republican Attacks.
Alyssa Cass joins Dan Pfeiffer to discuss why Nikki Haley voters are up for grabs in November
Slingshot Partner Alyssa Cass joined Dan Pfeiffer’s podcast “Pollercoaster” to discuss Blueprint’s (a project of Slingshot Strategies) new memo dissecting Nikki Haley voters and Biden defectors and, more importantly, what it will take to win them over in November.

Sam Raskin on the key Democratic primaries in New York
“The political mood does not necessarily translate into unseating incumbents in a primary, and the turnout is just too low,” said political consultant Sam Raskin.

Evan Roth Smith joins The Tangle podcast to discuss polling on 2024’s key voting groups
Slingshot Founding Partner Evan Roth Smith joined The Tangle podcast with Isaac Saul to discuss Blueprint’s (a project of Slingshot Strategies) polling that breaks down voters’ top concerns ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Alyssa Cass on the “opening act” that is the NY-03 special election
"This is kind of the opening act for what happens in November in districts like this that are going to determine control of the House," Democratic strategist Alyssa Cass told Axios.