Jon McHenry’s comments to The Hill on polling during the coronavirus pandemic: The coronavirus has led to a drawdown in political spending across the board, leading to a slowdown in everything from polls to media ad buys. Fundraisers are having a tough time raising cash from once-reliable donors. Campaigns aren’t running political ads and they’re less...
Whit Ayres’ comments to NBC News on the initial ratings for President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic: “There’s nothing that’s happened in the last three years that remotely approaches the significance of this event,” said Whit Ayers, a Republican pollster with the firm North Star Opinion Research. “The president’s clearly gotten a modest bump in...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding the durability of President Trump’s uptick in approval ratings: “President Trump has broken through the narrow range of 42 to 46 percent approval where he’s been for the last two years and indeed for much of his presidency,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “It’s an...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Washington Post regarding the lessons of past executives in handling crises: “The way public officials handle crises can be make or break moments for political careers,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who is not affiliated with the Trump campaign. “The way public officials perform, their competence and their ability...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Time on the potential political effects of COVID-19: What’s clear is that a President who has been in permanent campaign mode since the first day of his term is keenly aware of the stakes. “What we know is from natural disasters is the way a political leader handles a disaster can...
Whit Ayres’ comments to McClatchy on demographic changes in Texas: “The mix of voters in Texas is going exactly the way that demographic trends have predicted, and as long as Republicans continue to perform poorly with nonwhite voters, it appears it will continue,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran pollster and analyst for Republican candidates across...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press on the competitiveness of Georgia elections: Republican presidential candidates have carried Georgia since 1996. Even so, the state’s suburbs, echoing the rest of the nation’s, have turned increasingly blue, which along with growing populations of Hispanics and other minorities have made Democrats more competitive and Republicans nervous. “It’s...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on the U.S. Senate race in Georgia: “Republican primaries these days have become contests about who loves President Trump more,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican political consultant. “Mr. Collins has been one of the president’s most vociferous defenders. That puts Senator Loeffler in a position of...
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding impeachment and views of President Trump: “The whole impeachment debate has intensified preexisting feelings about the President,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “Most people who like him do so with their eyes wide open. … They understand his strengths and his weaknesses and they prefer him to the alternatives...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press regarding impeachment: “It will be part of the mosaic, but hardly the overriding issue,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres predicted about impeachment’s impact next November. “It will have faded by then and it will also have simply reinforced the preexisting attitudes and made them more intense.” To read the...
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