Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding Donald Trump’s position as a quasi-incumbent: Veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres said the primaries have shown that Republican voters are viewing Trump, in effect, as an incumbent president to a greater extent than the other candidates expected. Trump is trying to become the first defeated incumbent to win a...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Wall Street Journal about the Republican primary contest: GOP consultant Whit Ayres says Nikki Haley represents “what remains of the Reagan-Bush portion of the Republican Party,” even if she doesn’t have a chance to win the nomination. “She is carrying on a perspective and a philosophy of international engagement and...
Whit Ayres’ comment to The New York Times about voters’ feelings about the likely 2024 election matchup: “Exhaustion is underlying the entire attitude toward our presidential election,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “When you’ve got two people that are opposed by 70 percent of Americans who want a different choice, it creates frustration, anxiety and...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Times of London regarding Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s liabilities: “I guess his staff are too scared,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and president of North Star Opinion Research. “He can’t get through an interview without creating more problems for himself.” “Most people can’t quite believe that [Biden] is...
Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol on his podcast Conversations, saying this about the prospects of another Biden-Trump race: Trump would win in a landslide in the electoral college if the election were held today and the reason is that Joe Biden is the weakest American president since Jimmy Carter, and there’s some similarity between the...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Boston Globe regarding Donald Trump’s performance in the New Hampshire Republican primary: Trump remains dominant among Republican voters in New Hampshire, but “his performance among independents is a warning sign,” said Jon McHenry, a national GOP pollster who grew up in the state. “Based on what you saw last night,...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Daily Caller regarding the New Hampshire exit polls: “Going forward, Haley will need to do far better among Republicans while also holding serve among independents in the states where they can participate,” Jon McHenry, a GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star Opinion Research, told the DCNF. “That...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press regarding former governor Nikki Haley’s campaign: Haley quickly rose to a leadership post but collided with colleagues over her push for more recorded votes instead of voice votes that spared lawmakers scrutiny. So she soon aimed for the executive branch. She joined a 2010 gubernatorial primary that included...
Jon McHenry’s comments to NPR on undeclared voters and the New Hampshire presidential primary: To read the full article or listen to the story, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on the Republican presidential primary in The Washington Post: But unlike former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose frontal attacks on Trump endeared him to many Democrats and the relatively small constituency of anti-Trumpers in the party, Haley knew she couldn’t ask Republicans who had voted for Trump twice to admit they were...
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