Whit Ayres’ comments to The Atlantic regarding the primary challenges of Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley: As the veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres told me, DeSantis “has tried to appeal to some of the ‘always Trump’ voters, but the ‘always Trump’ voters are always Trump for a reason. Nikki Haley seems to have figured out...
Jon McHenry spoke with NPR regarding the stakes of the fourth Republican presidential primary debate: Republican pollster Jon McHenry of North Star Opinion Research believes there’s still a narrow opening for an alternative, “as much as Donald Trump is trying to force it closed and lock it.” But, debate performance is crucial at this stage....
Whit Ayres’ in CNN regarding Governor Nikki Haley and the Republican presidential primary: “I think Haley is clearly the second-place candidate right now,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. … Ayres has famously divided the GOP electorate into three camps: an always Trump group immovably bound to him; a never Trump group implacably hostile to...
Jon McHenry spoke with NPR news about Governor Nikki Haley’s path to the Republican nomination: Republican pollster Jon McHenry with North Star Opinion Research says if Haley can make a very strong showing in the early contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and her home state of South Carolina, she could still have at least a...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico on Governor Nikki Haley’s standing in the Republican presidential nominating contest: “It’s coming at a great time for her,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. “Sometimes the direction of movement is as important as the absolute level of standing — and she’s going up, while the other candidates are...
Jon McHenry’s comments to Politico regarding Governor Ron DeSantis’ governing and campaigning style: “Gov. DeSantis seems to be better at running for president when he’s governing rather than campaigning,” said Jon McHenry, a GOP pollster [from] New Hampshire whose firm North Star Opinion Research Group worked on DeSantis’ 2018 gubernatorial campaign. “He drives the conversation...
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Jon McHenry’s comments to NPR regarding the importance of the New Hampshire presidential primary: “New Hampshire is a reminder that we don’t do this nomination process nationally, that the undeclared voters, the Republican voters in New Hampshire have a chance to say, we’re going to take a look at all these other candidates,” said Jon...
Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol for a conversation about the State of the Republican party nomination:
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...
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