DCinbox Insights
Lindsey CormackWeekly updates tracking how members of Congress communicate with constituents, highlighting messaging trends, issue emphasis, and emerging language patterns. I focus on primary source trends over "takes".
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Peak Pride (and Anti-Pride) was in 2023
It’s the end of June and since 1999 the month has been known as “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” or just Pride Month following the actions of Congress and President Clinton. June is a pretty great month, and Pride got it because the 1969 Stone...
What Happens with the talking points from Obama's Iran Deal Meet Trump's MOU?
The _____ Administration’s push to complete negotiations with Iran nuclear activity culminated in a deal on Tuesday. Make no mistake, this is less a "deal" than it is a list of concessions to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism....
In May Republicans Had Cops and China. Democrats Had Trump and Iran.
May Is for Messaging
Official Congressional Communications looked really different across the parties in May 2026. Republicans kept up the volume lead of the 1,339 total messages 787 were from Republicans and 552 were from Democrats.
Do Congressional Democrats have a patriotism problem?
Pre-read Note: Before I get in to the comms data, a quick announcement: For the next 12 weeks, I am thrilled to have a dedicated research team of high school and undergraduate students working alongside me to on DCinbox. When their specific...
Weaponize is a Republican Word
Before I get into the insight of this week, a quick note: there was some new work published using DCinbox data over at Talking Points Memo for Kenny Stancil’s piece, “Democrats Shouldn’t Let Russell Vought Fly Under the Radar” The visualiza...
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Lindsey Cormack is a political scientist, author, and creator of DCinbox — the only comprehensive archive of constituent e-newsletters sent by members of Congress. She is an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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