Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post on Nancy Pelosi’s dismissal of tax reform benefits: Even many Democrats cringed privately at her “crumbs” comment, which they worry distracts from their larger argument over the fairness of GOP economic policies. And of course, any metaphor that involves baked goods easily lends itself to the Marie Antoinette...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The World Weekly on the economy and Republican prospects in the fall: Republican leaders plan to campaign on economic successes. The US economy has surged in recent months, with GDP up 3.2% in the third quarter of 2017 and unemployment down to 4.1%. Messaging will particularly focus on the Republican tax...
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Hill regarding tax reform messaging: GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration often spend a considerable amount of time discussing how tax reform will boost economic growth and business competitiveness. Strategists suggested that it’s important for Republicans to explain how more economic growth directly affects them, and some argued that lawmakers...
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...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Time on the Republican approach to addressing poverty: While both parties bemoan many of the same symptoms, they hardly agree on the disease, let alone the medicine. Democrats focus on income inequality: the gap between the nation’s highest and lowest earners is at its greatest level since the Roaring Twenties. Republicans,...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Post regarding Congress and the economy: “When you’ve got Republicans saying government is doing too much and needs to get out of the way of business, and Democrats saying government needs to step in and do more to help people out, it becomes pretty hard to bridge that economic...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding Republican messaging on fiscal issues: “It’s challenging to talk about budgets in a way that resonates with average folks,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. Although most Americans believe that deficits and debt represent a threat to the country’s future, Ayres added, “the challenge is figuring out how...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the unemployment report in USA Today: But the Labor Department report that once was seen as a potential “October surprise” — that is, the sort of late-breaking news that could dramatically shift votes — is instead one more sign that a slow but relatively steady economic recovery is continuing. “It’s not...
Jon McHenry’s comments on the third presidential debate focused on foreign policy: “The economy is the first, second and third most important issue for virtually everybody,” says Republican pollster Jon McHenry. “But foreign policy is something voters care about at the presidential level.” For the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on China and the economy, on the Bloomberg website: “There is obviously a widespread concern that China is an increasingly important and too often unfair competitor,” said Whit Ayers, a Republican pollster who conducted a survey on China last year for the Alliance of American Manufacturing. “China is now an integral part...
