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 on Republican views on climate change: Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster who has consulted Republican senators and governors for over three decades, characterized the party’s shift toward recognition of climate change as an “evolution” similar to the Democrats’ movement in the 2010s toward support for gay marriage. At that time, polls...
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 in The New York Times on the electability of Elizabeth Warren: Whit Ayres, president of North Star Opinion Research, was outspoken: “Elizabeth Warren is God’s gift to Donald Trump and Republican candidates.” “Well-educated suburban voters, especially women,” Ayres continued, “are uncomfortable with President Trump,” but, he added, “they are not going to...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding Republican Senate reelection prospects: Republican pollster Whit Ayres told The Hill that the results from Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania show suburban voters are trending further away from GOP candidates. “It’s a continuation of the pattern we saw in 2017 in Virginia’s gubernatorial election and the 2018 midterms. Blue...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding the political impact of U.S. troops successes against ISIS: Another Republican strategist, Dan Judy, said that it was important to acknowledge the importance of al-Baghdadi’s demise — but also to keep its likely impact at home in perspective. “Strategically, it is a huge deal, it is a huge...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding public opinion on impeachment: Still, there are signs that the outlook for Mr. Trump is not improving. Support for impeaching the president has been growing among Americans who were once against it. Before the Ukraine revelations, said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, about 15 percent of Americans who...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic on President Trump’s statements regarding California: “It’s a freebie for Trump” that energizes his base, says the veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “It’s not like California’s going to turn around and vote Republican anytime in the future. This is part of the messaging that Republicans have used for years...
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