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’ comments to WBUR’s Here and Now show on the incumbency effect as it relates to 2016 polling: “There’s a well-established principle in polling, with incumbents running for re-election, that what you see is what you get. In other words, if you’re at 48 as an incumbent, and your opponent is 45, we will...
Dan Judy appeared on WBUR’s show On Point to talk about polling and the 2016 presidential election. http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/11/09/election-2016-the-results Dan’s comments start at the 28 minute mark.
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding Donald Trump and the Hispanic vote: It’s exactly why Trump’s statements like, “we have some bad hombres here and we’re gonna get them out,” at the final presidential debate have GOP pollster Whit Ayres shaking his head. “He started off his campaign with his announcement calling Mexicans rapists and...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Financial Times regarding the politics of Obamacare rate increases: Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, said Monday’s forecast that Obamacare premiums were set to jump was “a gift to any Republican nominee”. “It [confirms] what Republicans have said for six years now. Basically what’s happening is what Republicans have predicted ever...
Dan Judy’s comments to CNN on oversampling and claims that polling is deliberately overstating the standing of Hillary Clinton: “Pollsters just saw this and rolled our eyes,” said Dan Judy, a Republican pollster for North Star Opinion Research. “This is the classic case of people using an intentional or unintentional misunderstanding of polling to pretend...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post on Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the election results: Republican pollster Whit Ayres said that at the Las Vegas debate, Trump “blew his last chance to turn it around.” But, he said, “I am not convinced that the rest of the party will have as bad a night...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the International Business Times regarding whether the debates affect the election: “Historically, the debates have not overcome the fundamentals of the election,” Republican analyst Whit Ayers told CNN. “That said, there have been debate moments that we can all remember that have galvanized the election and have led to one candidate...
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.
