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Whit Ayres’s comments on Latino voters in the 2012 election: In addition to the support gap, Republicans face challenges in their messaging to Hispanic voters. At a breakfast meeting with reporters last month, veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayers said the tone of the immigration debate has hurt the party and cautioned that eventual nominee will have to...

Whit Ayres’s comments on Latino voters, Whit Ayres, the founder and President of North Star Opinion Research, a national public opinion research firm, is a Republican consultant who counts many of the party’s leaders as clients. He agrees that doing better among Latino voters is one of the great challenges for Republicans, but he thinks...

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 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...