Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol on his Conversations podcast to answer the question: Is Trump Inevitable?
Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol on his Conversations podcast to answer the question: Is Trump Inevitable?
Jon McHenry’s comments to the Daily Caller News Foundation on the 2024 primary season to date: Jon McHenry, a GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star Opinion Research, also stressed how unprecedented this Republican primary is and argued Trump’s reshaping of the party, paired with his indictment by the Manhattan district attorney, have...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New Yorker on the Republican primary contest: At least in theory, there is plenty of time for the dynamics of the primary to shift. But is that likely? Many political observers don’t think it is, but Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican consultant and pollster, told me on Friday that the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic about former President Trump, indictments, and the Republican nomination: Yet other strategists say that the response so far among both GOP voters and elected officials raises doubts about whether any legal setback can undermine Trump’s position. (The party’s bottomless willingness throughout his presidency to defend actions that previously had appeared indefensible,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Boston Globe about Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and the modern Republican party: “Reagan has become a revered historical figure, but he’s not a particularly relevant figure in today’s GOP,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “Trump has completely redefined the GOP, so that everyone is evaluated in relationship with Trump...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Vox about the classified documents indictment against former President Trump and its potential impact on the nominating results: But other strategists say that sentiments could change as the severity of the indictment and what it means for Trump’s electability sink in, especially among those in the party that GOP pollster Whit...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Vox on the DeSantis v. Trump battle in the Republican presidential primary: DeSantis, once a protege of Trump, faces the challenge of consolidating enough support behind him to challenge the former president’s historically high polling margin over DeSantis. That involves winning over both the faction of the GOP that never thought...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding former President Donald Trump’s position in the Republican presidential primary: Whit Ayres, a prominent Republican pollster, said the possibility of additional indictments against Trump by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County district attorney in Georgia could swing the race away from Trump, predicting that charges from...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times about former President Trump’s support in the Republican primary: “Trump is obviously the favorite, but he’s beatable,” Republican strategist Alex Conant said. “He’s beatable because the race isn’t static. The poll numbers today are not what they will be six months from now.” GOP pollster Whit Ayres...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Time on a potential 2020 rematch in 2024: The most compelling thing going for him among Democrats may be that he seems likely to again face Trump. And Trump’s already lost that match-up before. “He beat Trump once and Democrats appreciate that accomplishment,” says Republican strategist Whit Ayres. But Ayres notes,...