Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico regarding public opinion of gay marriage: Republican strategist Whit Ayres said the Cheney clash is “symptomatic” of America’s divide on gay marriage. “Everybody has been reconsidering their view on this issue,” he said. “It doesn’t mean everybody has changed their minds, but a great many people have reconsidered their views....
Whit Ayres’ post titled “The Obamacare Infection” was featured on National Review Online: Our polling has shown that the overwhelming majority of Americans simply did not believe most of the president’s promises about Obamacare. In March 2012, substantial majorities said that key claims he made about the law were false. For his claim that “the...
Jon McHenry’s comments in US News and World Report on ObamaCare and a potential government shutdown: On its own, GOP pollster Jon McHenry says repealing and dismantling Obamacare is a great issue that attracts the Republican base, a majority of independents and even a fraction of Democratic voters to the GOP ticket. “Where we lose...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Times regarding President Obama and the budget: “Has he been trying to sell his budget priorities?” asked Republican pollster Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Strategies. “I’m sure there are some folks in upstate New York who appreciate that he’s been out on the hustings. But there’s so...
Dan Judy’s comments in Roll Call on making the jump from secretary of state to the U.S. Senate: “Running as a U.S. Senate candidate is hard, and it helps to have taken some lumps in prior contests,” Republican pollster Dan Judy said. “Running for secretary of state doesn’t always give you that experience.” To read...
Whit Ayres’ comments on Marco Rubio and immigration reform in the National Journal: “Marco Rubio has demonstrated a willingness to take a risk to do something important for the country,” said his pollster, Whit Ayres. “Ultimately politicians who do what they think is best for the country get credit for being leaders. In the great...
Whit Ayres’ comments in National Journal regarding immigration reform: “Any Republican with a national perspective understands the dynamics of the politics of the 21st century,” says GOP pollster Whit Ayres, a Rubio adviser. That is, the Hispanic share of the electorate is rising fast, and the GOP share of Hispanic votes keeps falling. … Opposition...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Post regarding Congress and the economy: “When you’ve got Republicans saying government is doing too much and needs to get out of the way of business, and Democrats saying government needs to step in and do more to help people out, it becomes pretty hard to bridge that economic...
Our survey, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on March 6: Americans who blame Washington politicians for the polarization and gridlock of the nation’s politics might want to look in the mirror: Like the elected officials they decry, voters...
Whit Ayres, January 22
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Whit Ayres’ comments on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding President Obama’s second inaugural address: Republicans were hoping for something akin to the president’s 2004 convention speech where he talked about there being no red America or blue America, but a United States of America. But his tone yesterday was 180 degrees away from that tone...
