DCinbox Insights tracks how members of Congress communicate with constituents by highlighting what’s emphasized, what’s shifting, and what those changes reveal about emerging political narratives.

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Weekly updates tracking how members of Congress communicate with constituents, highlighting messaging trends, issue emphasis, and emerging language patterns. These are not takes, they are primary source trends.

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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.