Whit Ayres’ comments to fivethirtyeight.com regarding education and Republican candidates: These data points might be one reason why Republicans appear confident that DeSantis’s focus on race in education can attract socially conservative voters in a GOP primary. During a phone call with me, Republican pollster Whit Ayres pointed to Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race —...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico about former President Trump’s current place in the Republican primary: “There’s no question [Trump is] the giant in the middle of the room, and other people will define themselves in comparison to him,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. In recent days, Trump said he will “absolutely” stay in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Boston Globe regarding electability as a concern in the Republican nominating progress: Trump is still viewed favorably by about two-thirds or more of Republicans, according to multiple surveys, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all vote for him again, said veteran Republican pollster, Whit Ayres. His current and potential competitors are beginning to make the case...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding President Biden’s reelection: Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster, said a rematch between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump would be the best scenario for the president. “At this point, President Biden just needs to seem like he is still very much with it and able to...
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN on the structure of the Republican primary electorate: That allowed Trump in 2016 to neutralize Cruz’ expected edge among evangelicals because those without degrees voted more like other blue-collar Republicans than they did like the white-collar evangelicals. Among Republican voters, said Ayres, the GOP pollster, “the education divide” has been “a better...
Whit Ayres appeared on PBS News Hour to discuss Governor Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haley-launches-run-for-president-becoming-1st-republican-to-challenge-trump
Whit Ayres’ comments in Sarah Longwell’s podcast “The Focus Group” were featured on The Bulwark:
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New York Times regarding former President Trump’s position in the Republican presidential primary: Mr. Ayres, the Republican pollster, said that “there’s no question there’s an opening” to run against Mr. Trump. “In a multicandidate field, he has a lock somewhere around 28 to 30 percent, and that is a very...
In the wake of a disappointing Republican performance in the 2022 midterm elections, Donald Trump has slipped to his lowest point since he emerged on the political scene almost eight years ago. He remains a formidable force, to be sure, with a lock on approximately 30 percent of likely Republican primary and caucus voters nationally. But a...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Steven Roberts on Governor Ron DeSantis and his outlook in the 2024 presidential primaries: DeSantis could be a far tougher foe. At 44, with a telegenic wife and three adorable young children, he highlights Biden’s age. More seriously, he shares Trump’s shrewder political instincts but lacks Trump’s fatal flaws — the...
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