Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico comparing the 2020 and 1980 elections: “This election feels to me a lot like 1980,” said Whit Ayres, one of the country’s best Republican pollsters. “We had the Iranian hostage crisis, double digit inflation and unemployment. It just felt like events were spinning out of control and the president had...
Whit Ayres’ comments to National Public Radio regarding Republicans and demographic changes: The party is indeed in danger of losing power as a consequence of not having followed the autopsy’s recommendations, according to Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “For the most part, the Republican Party has done the opposite of what was recommended in the 2013...
Whit Ayres’ comments in USA Today about the Trump campaign’s television buying strategy: Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist who has worked for Sens. Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander and Lindsey Graham, said the Trump campaign’s decision to make early television pushes in Georgia, Iowa and Ohio was “smart” and reflects that more states are up for grabs than 2016. “We...
Jon McHenry’s comments to National Public Radio on the likelihood of Republican defections in this year’s presidential contest: Polling has shown that the vast majority of Republicans intend to vote for Trump’s reelection. Conservative opposition appears to be a sliver of the overall electorate. “It’s very small,” said Jon McHenry, a Republican pollster with North...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding growing the Republican coalition: “The president’s base is locked in. They love him, they’re going to turn out and they’re going to vote for him,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. “The problem is that the base is not enough to win. You can make a case that...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding the Republican Party, President Trump, and race: Another Republican strategist, Dan Judy, noted that there were real implications for Trump, and to some extent the broader GOP, with key voting blocs. Racially charged rhetoric from the president, Judy said, “hurts [the GOP] among key constituencies that it desperately...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Financial Times regarding Senator Tim Scott’s leadership in the U.S. Senate: Whit Ayres, president of North Star Opinion Research, a Republican pollster, agreed, describing Mr Scott as a “conservative who understands the importance of making pragmatic arguments to advance his cause”. To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic on increasing electoral challenges for Republicans in the once solid South: Even the Republicans relatively confident that Trump’s grip on rural voters will allow him to hold most, if not all, of these states recognize the implications of a trend that has them losing ground in the communities that...
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...
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