Whit Ayres’ comments to the Los Angeles Times about GOP factions: The main battlefield in the war is likely to become the ballot box, veteran Republican strategist Whit Ayres told me. “The party is split between a governing faction and a populist faction,” he said. “The populist faction was there before Trump. They aren’t going...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Newsweek about GOP in-fighting: Whit Ayres, a longstanding GOP pollster and North Star Opinion Research founder, took a similar view. The political consultant said it remained to be seen whether the Republican Party would still be a “viable political force” or make the fatal decision to split into two separate entities....
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the future of the Republican party: “January 6 is the opening battle in the war for the soul of the Republican Party,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “The party is now split between the governing wing and the populist wing even more sharply than it was during...
Dan Judy’s comments to Talking Points Memo regarding calls for unity after the attack on the Capitol: Dan Judy, Vice President of North Star Opinion Research, a consultancy for Republican candidates, told TPM that the “unity” pushers can be put in two categories. The first, Republicans who opposed Trump’s rhetoric on election fraud and voted...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic regarding electoral changes in Georgia: The historical context is that in Georgia, as in most southern states that voted reliably Democratic for the first century after the Civil War, Republicans established their initial beachheads in what were then “white flight” suburbs around Atlanta. Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding splits in the Republican Party: “The divisions we’re seeing now reflect those in the period of 2010 to 2016 between tea party conservatives and governing conservatives,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “Donald Trump tapped into the populist elements of the Tea Party movement and expanded and...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on voting patterns in the Atlanta suburbs: Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster in Georgia, said Republican erosion in the inner suburbs — and to a lesser degree the conservative exurbs — has blunted the advantage Republicans have enjoyed in runoff elections in the past. While white...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New Statesman regarding ticket splitting: That leads into the second possibility, which is that Republicans did as well as they did in Congress because they wanted a check on Biden and the more progressive wing of the Democrats. “There were a number of voters who apparently voted for Joe Biden...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Washington Post regarding the two U.S. Senate runoff contests in Georgia: Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist who has worked on many campaigns in Georgia, expressed skepticism that Democrats could improve their performance over the general election, which drew historic turnout because of the strong feelings about Trump. “If they didn’t...
Dan Judy’s comments to The Hill on perceptions of the presidential contest: Biden’s victory did not come with coattails. Republicans will hold their Senate majority unless Democrats can win two runoff elections in Georgia in January. The GOP has gained seats in the House. “I have to say I was surprised by how well he did,”...
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