Whit Ayres’ comments on the Hispanic vote and GOP prospects in 2014 and 2016 in the Los Angeles Times: In 2012, exit polls show Mitt Romney beat Obama by 20 percentage points among white voters, which made up 72% of the electorate, while losing resoundingly among all other racial groups. In this November’s midterm election,...
Whit Ayres’ comments for the Washington Post‘s PlumLine blog regarding immigration reform and electoral trends: GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who favors reform, tells me Republicans should take the two point rise in critical swing states very seriously. “It’s significant,” Ayres says. “Some aspects of the future are difficult to see clearly. The increasing proportion of...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Christian Science Monitor regarding Republican electoral prospects and Obamacare: “Anti-Obamacare and anti-Obama leadership is the core message,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “But people vote for things as well as against things, and the smartest politicians I’ve ever worked with all believe in the importance of having a positive agenda....
Whit Ayres’ comments on Republican economic messages in Politico: That doesn’t necessarily mean they need to nationalize the election with one agenda, like House Republicans’ “Contract With America” in 1994 or their “Pledge to America” in 2010. But Republican candidates should at least have their own economic alternatives, said GOP pollster Whit Ayres: “What would...
HHS Prescription Drug Mandate Hands GOP a 2014 Issue
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Click here to download Whit Ayres’s memo to Republican Senate candidates and operatives detailing the effects of new HHS regulations on seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D plans.
Whit Ayres’ comments for Fox News Latino on Republicans and Hispanic voters: Republican pollster Whit Ayres put it bluntly: “The situation in Texas represents the promise for the Republican Party across the country.” For the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on immigration reform in The Columbus Dispatch: “The system is irretrievably broken and most people, when they look at irretrievably broken systems, try to make them better,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican consultant in Washington. “That’s what the Senate did with their bill — a far-from-perfect bill, but a good-faith effort to...
Dan Judy’s comments in US News and World Report regarding the debt limit vote: “Getting the debt limit out of the way is a great move for Republicans, because every time they pick a fight on that issue, they lose and make themselves more unpopular in the process,” says Dan Judy, a Republican pollster. “Republicans...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding the debt limit vote: “The government shutdown was a watershed moment,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster. The speaker’s decision to allow a debt-limit increase reflects “the recognition we need to find other strategies and better tactics for advancing a conservative fiscal agenda.” To read the...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Times regarding President Obama’s plans to increase the use of executive orders: “I think what it does is fire up Republicans to turn out to make sure they put in a Senate majority that can stop Obama,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Opinion Research...
