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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Punchbowl News,
The central finding: "Most K Street leaders (88%) say the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement will harm Republicans in the midterms."
Eighty-eight percent of K Street leaders. Let me introduce you to Main Street.
McLaughlin & Associates conducted a national survey of 2,000 likely voters between February 27 and March 3, 2026 — the same window as your K Street poll. Here is what actual Americans said:
🔹 Seventy-two percent say addressing illegal immigration is an important priority.
🔹 Eighty-two percent agree immigration policy should serve the interests of American citizens, including 71% of Democrats and 81% of independents.
🔹 Seventy-eight percent agree immigration to the United States is a privilege and not a right, including 60% of Democrats and 70% of Hispanics.
🔹 Seventy-six percent agree the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens, including 57% of Democrats and 72% of Hispanics.
🔹 Two-thirds support deporting migrants who enter the country illegally, including 62% of independents and 59% of Hispanics.
Your 88% says immigration enforcement hurts Republicans. America's 72% says it's an important priority. Your 88% says the GOP is in danger. America's 66% says deport them.
Your K Street leaders are not predicting the midterms. They're telling you what they want, and you're publishing it as news.
Now let's talk about who's in the room.
Your article identifies the survey partner as "independent public affairs firm, LSG," hyperlinked to teamlsg[.]com... which redirects to locuststreet[.]com, the Locust Street Group. LSG is a Washington, D.C. public affairs firm whose website describes its services as "integrated strategic communications and public affairs campaigns."
That is not an independent research firm. That is a lobbying and public affairs shop with registered LDA filings, running legislative campaigns for corporate clients who need things from Congress. And you called them "independent" in the same sentence where you presented their survey of K Street lobbyists as a news finding about American politics.
You surveyed the lobbying industry, in partnership with a lobbying firm, many of whose partners also sponsored Punchbowl, and reported the result as though it were a measure of political reality. Eighty-eight percent of K Street wants immigration enforcement to stop. That is an interest declaration from the people who profit from the status quo, laundered through a press credential.
About that credential.