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Political Landscape Taking Shape

After the 2024 elections, the Republicans look to have taken control of Congress, along with a Trump victory, providing a Republican triple sweep. The Senate GOP majority is 53 to 47; and the House GOP majority is still TBD. However, as of today, the Republicans have secured 215 seats, and Democrats have secured 206 seats in the House of Representatives.  A majority is 218 seats.The projected final totals based on this count are now 219 Republicans (enough for a majority - barely) and 209 Democrats, with seven seats still uncalled, including five Democrat incumbents and two Republican incumbents; there not enough Republican seats to swing Democrats into the majority.11122024dj.png 26.1 KBThe incoming Trump Administration, supported by...

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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming

WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.

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