Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic about the effects of polarization: “The difference in policy now between the group that has 51 percent and the group that has 49 percent is so enormous because of the polarization and divergence of the two parties,” the longtime GOP pollster Whit Ayres told me. Such big change resting...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding Ben Sasse leaving the U.S. Senate: “Ben Sasse was one of the people who made the Senate work,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “And there’s a pattern of a lot people who made the Senate work who are leaving the institution, and that’s not good for the country and...
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Jon McHenry’s comments in The Boston Globe regarding abortion policy and politics: “I do think that he is trying to stake out a position that Republicans can unify behind,” said Jon McHenry, a GOP pollster and strategist. “It gives them a talking point or a position that allows them to say, ‘We believe that women...
Dan Judy’s comments in Politico on new methodologies: “For us, any experimentation in real time has consequences,” said Dan Judy, a Republican pollster with North Star Opinion Research. “You have to be careful about what you’re doing. If you try it the old way, and the old way is dead, then you end up with...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding the influence of former President Donald Trump’s endorsements: All of which suggests Trump’s sway over Republican voters — and, by extension, the Republican Party — is diminishing the further he gets from the White House. “A president’s endorsement is going to carry more weight than an...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press regarding Joe Biden’s approval rating: So the president spent the evening essentially asking for a fresh start, born of the most serious conflict with Russia in a generation, and another chance to explain his domestic agenda. “He’s got his back to the wall, and he’s put his party’s...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post about Joe Biden’s approach on Ukraine: “Like President George H.W. Bush, who quietly but persistently rallied allies to support reversing Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait in 1991,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres told me. “President Biden’s quiet diplomacy has been effective in rallying the West against Vladimir Putin’s invasion...
Whit Ayres’ comments to NBC News regarding the effect of foreign policy decisions on elections: “As a general rule, foreign policy events that do not involve American kids dying in a war pale in comparison to domestic issues,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “As long as Americans are not dying — as they were...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Populism is essentially anti: anti-establishment, anti-expertise, anti-intellectual and anti-media,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, adding that Dr. Fauci “is an establishment expert intellectual who is in the media.” … The anti-Fauci fervor has taken its toll on his personal life; he has...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New York Times regarding perceptions of Joe Biden’s presidency: “The left is disappointed with him and the anti-Trump Republicans and independents thought they were going to get a moderate governing,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “I don’t know how resolving the pandemic is going to affect that fundamental...
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