Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Senator Rubio’s efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit in the Republican tax reform bill: “He is not ‘all of a sudden, at the last minute’ grandstanding,” said Whit Ayres, Mr. Rubio’s pollster. “This is a consistent cause of his, going back to the presidential campaign...
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 in The Christian Science Monitor on Alabama’s unique political views and senate race: “Alabama’s always had a fiercely independent streak,” explains GOP pollster and consultant Whit Ayres. “George Wallace came from Alabama, and stood in the schoolhouse door to tell the federal government to get lost,” says Mr. Ayres, referring to the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding the Republican tax bill: “It makes a lot of sense in a tax-reform bill to provide some relief to those on the lower end of the income scale as well as the upper end,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who does work for Rubio. Ayres said Rubio...
Whit Ayres’ comments in USA Today about sexual harassment and party politics: “It’s a huge problem with women and particularly college-educated white women if Republicans come to be perceived as the party that accepts and defends men credibly accused of assault and being sexual predators,” said GOP pollster Whit Ayres. To read the full article,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Chicago Tribune about the Republican desire to pass tax reform: “There’s enormous desire within the entire center-right coalition to pass a pro-growth tax reform bill,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. To read the full article, please click here.
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 Los Angeles Times regarding the political environment: “Our politics has become so tribal that people filter new information through a lens that tends to reinforce their preexisting point of view rather than change their point of view,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding factions in the Republican party: “Both Sens. Corker and Flake have played important roles in the governing-conservative part of the Republican Party,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. “Losing them is a major problem for those of us who want a center-right coalition to function...
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Hill on the importance of White House leadership in the tax reform effort: “You have to have a White House that’s engaged in the issue and is able to show with facts and figures that no, this is actually going to help the middle class,” said Jon McHenry, vice president...
