Whit Ayres’ comments in the Washington Times regarding ticket splitting: While presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton tops Mr. Trump in matchups in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, incumbent Senate Republicans are all ahead in polling in their own races, building significant leads. “We’re seeing in numerous states and districts at the moment very substantial...
Whit Ayres’ comments on President Obama’s appeal and Hillary Clinton’s electoral map in The Canadian Press: He’ll start using some of that political advantage Tuesday. Obama-Clinton and Trump will hold competing rallies in North Carolina. It’s a state Obama won once, though he lost it in 2012 and still won a big majority in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Los Angeles Times regarding comparisons between “Brexit” and the Trump campaign: “The Brexit vote did not have a candidate,” said Whit Ayres, the Republican pollster who served as a strategist to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. “The decision about the presidency involves far more than disagreements over public policy....
Whit Ayres’ comments for The Washington Post on Donald Trump’s campaign style and Republican reactions: “Get used to it,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, a Trump critic. “This is your life for the next five months.” To read the full article, please click here.
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...
Whit Ayres’ comments in US News on chief executive officers making the transition to politics: Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP consultant, lists three weaknesses business-only leaders suffer when they seek political office. They’re arrogant, Ayres says, thinking they know more about polling than pollsters and more about how the media operates than media experts do....
Whit Ayres’ comments in the San Diego Union-Tribune on demographics and the Trump campaign: “We still elect presidents using the Electoral College … depending on states that are made up of diverse electorates,” cautions GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “There aren’t enough angry white people to create a majority in the new America of 2016, (and)...
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...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on the prospects for a Trump win in November: Republican strategist Dan Judy, whose firm North Star Opinion Research worked with Rubio’s now-defunct campaign, pointed to Trump’s particularly low favorability numbers among nonwhite voters and among women. “There are not enough white men in the country to offset winning...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the San Antonio Express-News regarding the vice presidential selection process: For Trump, the selection process is complicated by not knowing when he might be able to claim the nomination. “If we know as of the evening of June 7 (when the primary season effectively ends), then it will be a more...
