Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal on the Republican presidential primary: Because of what Mr. Trump accomplished in 2016, it would be foolish to count him out next year. But Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP strategist, told me that Republicans who believe that someone other than the former president stands a better chance of...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times about electability and Donald Trump: “It has sounded like an excuse to get conservative voters to support somebody they don’t really want, even though the argument may very well be true,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. Citing G.O.P. losses while Mr. Trump has defined the...
Dan Judy’s comments to The Hill regarding the state of play in the Republican presidential primaries: “There is definitely room for another candidate — though perhaps only one, ultimately, if Trump and DeSantis suck all the air out of the room,” said GOP strategist Dan Judy. Judy argued that a large swath of the electorate...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Christian Science Monitor on former President Trump’s calls to protest a potential indictment: “The last time Donald Trump called supporters to protest his election loss on Jan. 6, more than 1,000 people faced criminal charges,” says GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “That might give some people pause before they answer Trump’s...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Time regarding the effect of charges against former President Donald Trump: Charges related to the Daniels’ hush money payments would be “old news to most people,” says Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist and pollster, and “he could easily spin this as just a liberal democratic vendetta against him.” An indictment by...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico about former President Trump’s current place in the Republican primary: “There’s no question [Trump is] the giant in the middle of the room, and other people will define themselves in comparison to him,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. In recent days, Trump said he will “absolutely” stay in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Boston Globe regarding electability as a concern in the Republican nominating progress: Trump is still viewed favorably by about two-thirds or more of Republicans, according to multiple surveys, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all vote for him again, said veteran Republican pollster, Whit Ayres. His current and potential competitors are beginning to make the case...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Sarah Longwell’s podcast “The Focus Group” were featured on The Bulwark:
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New York Times regarding former President Trump’s position in the Republican presidential primary: Mr. Ayres, the Republican pollster, said that “there’s no question there’s an opening” to run against Mr. Trump. “In a multicandidate field, he has a lock somewhere around 28 to 30 percent, and that is a very...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Time on the 2024 Donald Trump campaign: So far, Trump’s campaign is “disjointed, haphazard, unfocused, and still focused on the past, and his grievances, rather than the future, which is what attracted a lot of Republicans to him in 2015,” says Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. Nonetheless, Trump still has a...
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