Jon McHenry in The Washington Times on the politics for Republicans of a government shutdown: “The president has the microphone, and he generally has a sympathetic press that’s going to echo what he says,” said Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Strategies, a Republican polling firm. “There’s a lot of peril for Republicans in...
Whit Ayres, September 28
FeaturedHome PageIn the News SidebarNews ClipsPolitical ClimateSeptember 28, 2013
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post on national implications for Republicans in the Virginia gubernatorial contest: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, sketched out the stakes for his party and, by implication, for those Republicans who may be thinking about running for president in 2016. “It may be a textbook example of how you resurrect...
USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center Survey on Public Service
FeaturedHome PagePoll ReleasesJuly 22, 2013
Our survey on public and community service, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on July 22: WASHINGTON — The American impulse to make a contribution to the community is strong, but the feeling that politics can be an avenue...
Our March survey for the YG Policy Center, conducted with 1,000 registered voters nationally, focused on attitudes regarding the 2010 health care reform law. The results show that, nearly two years after its passage, voters remain opposed to the health care reform law, are skeptical of its effects, and think President Obama’s claims about the...
We are proud to announce that the American Association of Political Consultants has named North Star Opinion Research its 2012 Republican Pollster of the Year: Whit and his firm, North Star Opinion Research, founded Resurgent Republic with former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie. Resurgent Republic conducts polling and focus groups for center-right political candidates and organizations. Through the use...
Whit Ayres appeared on Press Pass to talk about the Republican presidential primary: Mitt Romney is still the “odds-on favorite” to win the Republican nomination, says top Republican pollster Whit Ayres. But Mark Penn, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential run, thinks Romney still has a “considerable fight” on his hands. “If [Romney] doesn’t win Ohio… there’s going...
