Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding Hillary Clinton’s early campaign missteps: “The question of her political competence is definitely on display,” said Dan Judy of Republican firm North Star Opinion Research … “The thing is, when people talk about the Clintons’ political talent, you think of Bill. She is not Bill. She has been very...
Jennifer Rubin interviewed Whit Ayres about his new book, 2016 and Beyond: Whit Ayres, president of North Star Opinion Research, is among the most respected pollsters in GOP circles. (As a caveat, his firm has two GOP 2016 hopefuls as clients, Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida.) His new book, “2016...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Washington Post regarding the Republican coalition and winning the presidency in 2016: Winning the White House, Republicans say, is next to impossible without Virginia’s 13 electoral votes. “You can do it without Virginia, but it makes the task substantially more difficult,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. Ayres predicted that...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico regarding Republican candidates’ views of Hillary Clinton: “The other issue is more personal,” said the Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “There is a widespread feeling among both Democratic and Republican operatives that she is a very capable candidate, but she does not share the political skills of her husband. It is...
Whit Ayres’s quote for the National Journal “Against the Grain” column, on the anxieties of the middle class: “We’re going to have to see sustained growth in the number of middle-class jobs and an increase in median income before we really see attitudes about the economy turn around,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who is...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Bloomberg Politics on Senator Marco Rubio: “People make an enormous mistake if they underestimate the potential of an elected official as enormously talented as Marco Rubio,” said Whit Ayres, Rubio’s Washington-based pollster. “He is an incredible political talent and talent will rise in the long run in this, and any other...
Whit Ayres, January 26
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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...
Governor Halsam Candidacy for RGA Chair
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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...
