Whit Ayres’ comments in The Boston Globe regarding Karen Handel’s victory in the GA 06 special election: But Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster in Washington, cautioned the party against taking too many lessons from the special races. Yes, Democrats would have received a jolt of energy had they been able to flip one of the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic regarding challenges for Republicans and Democrats amid demographic change: “The long-term challenge for Republicans remains unchanged: They still have to figure out how to appeal to the growing proportion of the electorate that is non- white and college-educated,” said GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who worked during the Republican primaries...
Whit Ayres’ comments to NPR on the potential electoral effects of a government shutdown: “The government shutdown in October 2013 gave the Republican Party a huge hit from which it took more than a year to recover,” said veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “The drop in the Republican Party’s favorable rating was dramatic. We were...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding the need to sell the American Health Care Act: Some Republicans more skeptical of Trump warn that everything is still to play for, however. “Whenever you make a change this big, you need somebody who can make the rationale for it, who can convince the public to be...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico on the potential Ohio candidacy of CFPB head Richard Cordray: “Ohio is still a swing state,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres said. “A number of Ohio counties swung sharply from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, but the fact that they had voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and probably 2008 means...
Whit Ayres, April 14
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Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding President Trump’s policy positions: “We’ve learned absolutely nothing about Donald Trump since he was inaugurated that wasn’t patently obvious for the last year and a half,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “Nothing new about his temperament, his knowledge base, his personality or his management style....
Whit Ayres’ comments for the Associated Press regarding the challenges of Republicans adapting to a united government: “There are some folks in the Republican House caucus who have yet to make the pivot from complaining to governing,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “And this is a White House controlled by a politician who is not...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding the apparent contradiction between Trump supporters and Republicans regarding health care: “This is a function of Donald Trump engineering a takeover of the Republican Party,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. “It was takeover more than assimilation, and this is the eminently predictable result.” To...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on the “wiretapping” claims of President Trump and reactions of Republican lawmakers: “The reason I think you are seeing a little more pushback is that he made those [initial] claims, essentially counting on Congress to find the evidence,” said Dan Judy, a GOP strategist who worked with the 2016...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Los Angeles Times on the current political environment and President Trump: “Rather than voters deciding what they think about abortion or guns or Russia and finding a candidate who fits those views, instead they’re settling on a candidate they like for whatever reason and adopting that candidate’s political views as...
