Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol for a conversation about the State of the Republican party nomination:
Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol for a conversation about the State of the Republican party nomination:
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding continued Republican support for former President Donald Trump: Veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres points to another, more personal, reason so many GOP voters have discounted the charges against Trump. “Many of them had conflict with siblings, with parents, sometimes with children, sometimes even with spouses about their support for...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign strategy: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, argued in an email that DeSantis has adopted an approach to the nomination fight that was bound to fail: “DeSantis’s strategy, and that of any candidate not named Trump, should be to consolidate the Maybe Trump...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press regarding the Republican primary electorate: Whit Ayres, a national pollster based in Virginia, handicapped the GOP electorate as 10% to 15% “Never Trumpers” — those who might gravitate to Christie for his attacks on Trump — and 35% or so “die-hard MAGA Trump supporters,” referring to Trump’s “Make...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Boston Globe regarding the economy as an issue in the Republican primary and general election: Letting the White House dominate the conversation isn’t good for Republicans with polls consistently showing that voters rank the economy as the most important issue, said Jon McHenry, a GOP pollster not affiliated with any...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New York Times regarding the political implications of former President Trump’s fourth indictment: “I do think a conviction on a serious felony charge may change the views of at least the maybe-Trump cohort in the G.O.P. about his electability,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “On the other hand,...
Whit Ayres spoke with The Guardian about Hunter Biden’s legal troubles: Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant and pollster, said: “There are plenty of questions surrounding his business activities and the extent to which he traded on his father’s name and reputation or used his father to get more money or get large contracts. There...
Jon McHenry spoke to The Daily Caller about former President Donald Trump’s third indictment: “President Trump really benefited from the first indictment being the Alvin Bragg indictment in NY. That acted like a traditional vaccine: he got enough of a virus to inoculate him but not put him at serious risk. With those charges being...
Jon McHenry joined Channel 4 News in the UK to discuss former President Trump’s standing despite multiple indictments: https://www.channel4.com/news/why-trump-is-still-the-republican-presidential-front-runner-despite-several-indictments
Whit Ayres appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss the current state of the race: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/republican-challengers-struggle-in-primary-polls-despite-trumps-legal-troubles