Whit Ayres’ comments to Politico on the 2021 CPAC meeting in Orlando: “Donald Trump remains the leader of the populist wing of the party, which he grew into a dominant force in Republican primaries, although never a majority force in the country,” said Whit Ayres, the longtime Republican pollster. “But because Trump dominates the populist...
Whit Ayres’ comments in USA Today about CPAC: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and consultant, sees the split as one between a “pro-governing” wing of the party and the “pro-populist” wing. The populists, he said, are more interested in being anti-establishment, anti-immigrant, and anti-media. Trump fused those people into a force that won the Electoral College in 2016,...
Whit Ayres, February 26
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Whit Ayres’ comments in Bloomberg about a failure of bipartisanship: “Seven Republican senators just voted to convict a president of their own party of impeachable offenses — if you can’t get a single one of those Republicans, you are not trying,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, referring to Trump’s impeachment trial this month....
Whit Ayres’ comments to Newsweek on Florida’s COVID response and Governor Ron DeSantis’ approval ratings: Whit Ayres, the founder of North Star Opinion Research, counts DeSantis among the politicians for whom his company has provided messaging advice. DeSantis’ handling of the pandemic “appears to be at least as effective if not more effective” than other...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Republican senators voting to convict President Trump of impeachment charges: “Two are retiring, and three are not up until 2026, and who knows what the world will look like five years from now,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “It looked pretty different five years...
Whit Ayres, February 10
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Whit Ayres appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss polling and President Trump’s impeachment trial: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966498568/how-the-polls-have-differed-between-trumps-1st-and-2nd-impeachment-trials
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Los Angeles Times about GOP factions: The main battlefield in the war is likely to become the ballot box, veteran Republican strategist Whit Ayres told me. “The party is split between a governing faction and a populist faction,” he said. “The populist faction was there before Trump. They aren’t going...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Newsweek about GOP in-fighting: Whit Ayres, a longstanding GOP pollster and North Star Opinion Research founder, took a similar view. The political consultant said it remained to be seen whether the Republican Party would still be a “viable political force” or make the fatal decision to split into two separate entities....
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the future of the Republican party: “January 6 is the opening battle in the war for the soul of the Republican Party,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “The party is now split between the governing wing and the populist wing even more sharply than it was during...
Dan Judy’s comments to Talking Points Memo regarding calls for unity after the attack on the Capitol: Dan Judy, Vice President of North Star Opinion Research, a consultancy for Republican candidates, told TPM that the “unity” pushers can be put in two categories. The first, Republicans who opposed Trump’s rhetoric on election fraud and voted...
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