Whit Ayres on public opinion regarding gay marriage, via ABC News: “On no issue during my 40-year career have opinions moved as rapidly as they have on the issue of the morality of gay relationships and ultimately gay marriage,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican consultant for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and...
Whit Ayres in The Telegraph on the early stages of the 2016 presidential contest: “Polling at this stage is simply a measure of name recognition and tells you nothing of how a likely contest would turn out,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “Sometimes people read into polls the things they want to see...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the National Journal on how President Obama’s actions may affect Hillary Clinton’s chances in the 2016 presidential contest: Even so, a pattern is already hardening with Clinton embracing and the 2016 Republicans repudiating many of Obama’s most consequential, and polarizing, initiatives. Republicans believe this dynamic will benefit them because, as Obama...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico on Governor Bill Haslam’s candidacy for chairman of the RGA: Whit Ayres, the national GOP pollster who advises Haslam, said the governor would be an “inspired” choice for the RGA, allowing that he’d represent a significant stylistic shift from his more pugilistic predecessors. “He is the most modest major political...
YG Network Survey Overview Our post-election survey of registered voters, conducted for the YG Network, shows strong support for messages outlined in Room to Grow to address current challenges faced by many Americans, including education, unemployment, and poverty in addition to health care and tax reform. Please click the images below for the memo, toplines, presentation, and crosstabs. ...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding Governor Chris Christie and the Keystone XL pipeline: Any successful 2016 Republican candidate for president will need to show their support for the pipeline, said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. Pushing other ideas to expand U.S. energy investments could help to distinguish Mr. Christie from the...
Whit Ayres’ quoted by msnbc on potential executive action on immigration: “[Executive action] undercuts supporters of immigration reform and emboldens the opponents,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who has advocated passing reform to help the GOP win back Latinos, told msnbc. “It’s going to come across as an illegitimate and crassly political move by a desperate...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal on the final weeks of the election: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, said the late-in-the-game focus on Ebola and Islamic State added to a growing body of evidence that “the administration is in over its head.” While these issues didn’t decide the election, they sucked up a...
Whit Ayres shared his thoughts on the likelihood of Republicans gaining control of the Senate on the Journal Editorial Report: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Hartford Courant on gubernatorial candidates running against the partisan tide: Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant and pollster based in Washington, D.C., said, “Republicans in blue states need to have a center-right rudder to guide their decision-making, but they cannot be overtly ideological or overtly partisan. “Doing so is the...
