Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding diversity among GOP nominees and office holders: Whit Ayres, a prominent Republican pollster who wrote a book called “2016 and Beyond: How Republicans Can Elect a President in a New America,” said that while the party could benefit from more minority candidates, this election cycle could...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Daily Caller on Republican electoral prospects in the face of changing demographics: Republican pollster Whit Ayres points out that President Bush got 44 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004, including a majority of Sunbelt Hispanics. “It’s no coincidence that he was the last Republican nominee for president to win...
The Virginia Election in Six Charts
BlogDemographicsFeaturedPolitical ClimateRepublicansJanuary 23, 2018
Democratic nominee Ralph Northam won the 2017 election for Governor of Virginia by the unexpectedly large margin of nine percentage points, 54 to 45 percent. Unlike the Rustbelt states voting for President in 2016, few counties switched from Democrat to Republican since the last Virginia gubernatorial election in 2013. Instead the surprising margin was caused...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding the Alabama special election and what it means for next year’s midterm elections: “Obviously, the primary responsibility lies with a deeply flawed Republican candidate,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. But he said results in Alabama—and in Virginia’s race for governor, which Democrats won—also showed that some...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Reuters regarding Republican support and geography: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster based in Virginia, said the party was on a risky track. ”Republicans have traded fast-growing upscale suburban counties for slow-growing or declining rural areas. That is not a formula for long-term success.” To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic regarding challenges for Republicans and Democrats amid demographic change: “The long-term challenge for Republicans remains unchanged: They still have to figure out how to appeal to the growing proportion of the electorate that is non- white and college-educated,” said GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who worked during the Republican primaries...
Whit Ayres’ column in US News on the challenges facing Republicans: Providence has provided Republicans with an unexpected opportunity to accomplish goals many have wanted for years, by delivering control of both the presidency and Congress to the GOP. But our 2016 success should not blind us to the long-term challenges facing the party. President-elect...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding the presidential election and race: “Trump switched white voters in key states who were blue-collar primarily—coal counties, manufacturing counties,” the Republican strategist Whit Ayres told me this week. “These are blue-collar whites who voted for Barack Obama. And that’s a very uncomfortable thing to admit by...
Whit Ayres joined Mary Katherine Ham and Kevin Madden on their Party People podcast to discuss Republican efforts to appeal beyond the base. To read the article, please click here. You can listen to the podcast here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Donald Trump’s approach to immigration: “He finally figured out that you can’t win a national election with just white voters,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who worked for Mr. Rubio’s campaign. To read the full article, please click here.
