Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency: Dan Judy, a GOP strategist whose firm worked for the presidential campaign of Trump’s primary rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) last year, noted that Republicans on Capitol Hill “have been watching this administration very carefully. Many of them were not supporters...
Dan Judy’s quotes in The Hill regarding apparent disagreements between Donald Trump and his Cabinet nominees: “There are a lot of opportunities for his cabinet nominees to influence him, to be the ones that set the direction of policy,” said Dan Judy, a GOP consultant whose firm worked for the 2016 presidential bid of one...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on Republicans examining the influence of Russia in the presidential election: Dan Judy, a strategist and pollster whose firm, North Star Opinion Research, worked for Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign, said that the controversy over the election interference in particular has already shown that there is “some daylight between Trump...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Chicago Tribune on the Trump cabinet and CEOs in politics: What is key is “the style with which they led their prior organizations,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “A lot of CEOs are far from dictatorial leaders. A lot of them, in this day and age, are more consensus...
Whit Ayres’ column in US News on the challenges facing Republicans: Providence has provided Republicans with an unexpected opportunity to accomplish goals many have wanted for years, by delivering control of both the presidency and Congress to the GOP. But our 2016 success should not blind us to the long-term challenges facing the party. President-elect...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding the presidential election and race: “Trump switched white voters in key states who were blue-collar primarily—coal counties, manufacturing counties,” the Republican strategist Whit Ayres told me this week. “These are blue-collar whites who voted for Barack Obama. And that’s a very uncomfortable thing to admit by...
Whit Ayres’ comments to WBUR’s Here and Now show on the incumbency effect as it relates to 2016 polling: “There’s a well-established principle in polling, with incumbents running for re-election, that what you see is what you get. In other words, if you’re at 48 as an incumbent, and your opponent is 45, we will...
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding Donald Trump and the Hispanic vote: It’s exactly why Trump’s statements like, “we have some bad hombres here and we’re gonna get them out,” at the final presidential debate have GOP pollster Whit Ayres shaking his head. “He started off his campaign with his announcement calling Mexicans rapists and...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Financial Times regarding the politics of Obamacare rate increases: Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, said Monday’s forecast that Obamacare premiums were set to jump was “a gift to any Republican nominee”. “It [confirms] what Republicans have said for six years now. Basically what’s happening is what Republicans have predicted ever...
Dan Judy’s comments to CNN on oversampling and claims that polling is deliberately overstating the standing of Hillary Clinton: “Pollsters just saw this and rolled our eyes,” said Dan Judy, a Republican pollster for North Star Opinion Research. “This is the classic case of people using an intentional or unintentional misunderstanding of polling to pretend...
