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 to The Fiscal Times on Donald Trump’s immigration speech: Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster and political adviser who backed Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida during the GOP presidential primaries, said that it may now be impossible for Trump to piece together a winning coalition in November, even while the polls show...
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.
Whit Ayres’ comments to Fox News Latino regarding Hispanic support for Republicans nationally: Veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres said that while Latinos have traditionally preferred the Democratic Party, the Fox News Latino poll highlights a worrisome downward trend for Republicans. “Party identification [for Latinos] is fully consistent with what we have seen since the demise...
Whit Ayres’ comments in US News and World Report on Donald Trump’s effect on downballot races and the future of the Republican party: For the moment that’s raising the prospect of resurgence in a fading voting pattern: “Just because people haven’t split their tickets in recent elections doesn’t mean they can’t spit their tickets,” says...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic regarding Donald Trump’s racially-charged appeals: “Racially divisive politics ramp up the importance of the changing demographics because it makes it harder to perform credibly among non-white voters, and it also makes it harder for Trump to run up the white numbers he needs because of resistance to that sort...
Jon McHenry’s comments in Politico on the challenges Donald Trump faces in winning a general election: “I don’t see how he all of a sudden becomes this magnanimous unifier,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, whose firm, North Star Opinion Research, polled for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. “Does he get a bump? Probably. But he’s starting...
Whit Ayres’ comments to ABC News regarding the challenges a Trump candidacy faces in the fall: Some Republicans acknowledge the steep curve for Trump, who edged closer to clinching the nomination after winning Indiana on Tuesday. “The guy is hated and detested by an extraordinary amount of the American electorate,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP...
Whit Ayres’ book 2016 and Beyond was featured in Jason Riley’s Wall Street Journal column: In his book, “2016 and Beyond: How Republicans Can Elect a President in the New America,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres notes that when Mr. Romney won 59% of non-Hispanic white voters in 2012, it was the “highest percentage of the white vote...
David Brooks cited Whit Ayres’ book 2016 and Beyond in his New York Times column: It’s not exactly breaking news that this is ruinous to the long-term political prospects of the party. In his book “2016 and Beyond,” the veteran pollster Whit Ayres, now working for Marco Rubio, points out that given the composition of...
