If you want to know what voters are actually thinking—not what pundits guess they’re thinking—you ask someone who’s made a career out of asking them directly.
That’s exactly what’s happening at Congressional Caucus 2026, where Molly Murphy, President of Impact Research, will take the stage to decode the political mood heading into this fall’s midterms.
Murphy isn’t just any pollster. She earned the title of American Association of Political Consultants Pollster of the Year back in 2019, and most recently served as a key pollster for Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.
Translation: she knows how to read the room, even when that room is the entire American electorate.
Her keynote, “Inside the Midterms: Voter Sentiment, Strategy, and the Road to November,” promises to cut through the noise with actual data on what voters care about right now. She’ll break down which issues are landing with real people (not just Twitter), how campaigns are crafting their messages, and what the midterm landscape actually looks like when you strip away the hot takes.
After her keynote, Murphy will sit down for a fireside chat with Trey Hawkins, America’s Credit Unions‘ head of political affairs. Think of it as the director’s commentary track—a chance to dig deeper into the insights and ask the questions that matter most to credit union professionals navigating an election year.
Murphy joins an impressive roster of speakers at this year’s Congressional Caucus, where credit union professionals head to Washington to learn how to build real relationships with policymakers and actually influence policy instead of just hoping for the best.
One quick note: this keynote session will be closed to press.