Whit Ayres’s comments on Latino voters and the Republican Party: GOP strategist Whit Ayers responded yesterday to a new Fox News poll illustrating the Democratic Party’s significantly higher popularity among Latino voters, calling the process of winning over the demographic “the great challenge of the Republican Party going forward.” “We will do better, in part because...
Whit Ayres’s comments on the economy: “What matters a lot more than the specific unemployment rate is what voters feel in their communities and in the lives of their families,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. “Focus groups demonstrate that while people feel the economy is marginally better, that it is still very weak, and that...
Whit Ayres’s comments on NH’s regulations of survey research, featured in the Union Leader‘s Granite Status column by John DiStaso: PUSHING ON THE PUSH POLL LAW. A top national pollster says stepped-up enforcement by the New Hampshire Attorney General of the state law governing political push-polling is hindering pollsters’ ability to do legitimate market research...
Dan Judy, March 8
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Dan Judy’s comments on the Republican presidential primary contest on the ABC News website: The truth remains that Romney can afford to lose to Santorum or Gingrich in a bunch of primaries and still collect enough delegates to become the nominee. “He has a much bigger lead than I think he’s getting credit for right...
Dan Judy’s comments on the GOP presidential primary: But the lure of battle might be too strong for Gingrich to stop now. “I think part of it is a love of playing the game, of being center stage,” said Dan Judy, a vice president of GOP consulting firm North Star Opinion Research. “These guys wouldn’t...
Whit Ayres’s comments on Super Tuesday: “Tuesday has the potential to do everything from effectively ending the race to keeping it going for weeks,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who was backing Jon Huntsman before the former Utah governor quit the race. “From the Republican side, it’s better for it to be over sooner rather...
Whit Ayres’s comments on Latino voters: The first rule for winning the Latino vote is to realize it’s a voter bloc in name only. There is a common ancestral language that binds nationalities, family histories and geographic allegiances. But that’s about it. A recently naturalized Mexican in Los Angeles is more likely to vote Democratic...
Whit Ayres, March 2
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Whit Ayres’ comments on NH law regarding telephone surveys in the New York Times: Whit Ayers, a veteran pollster who serves on the board of the consultants’ association, said in an interview that threats of fines — up to $1,000 for each time a voter is called by a polling firm — were enough to...
Jon McHenry’s comments on events driving voter behavior in National Journal Daily: “I don’t think we can know in advance what those events will be,” said Jon McHenry, a Republican pollster. “Debates are likely sources, but big economic or security events could pop up at any time. I’ve said hundreds of times at this point...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the state of the Republican primary contest on NPR’s Morning Edition: Romney is still a fragile front-runner, but a win is a win, says Republican consultant Whit Ayres. “Whenever Mitt Romney’s back is to the wall and he absolutely has to win, he has come through so far — first in...
