Whit Ayres’ comments to Fox News Latino regarding Hispanic support for Republicans nationally: Veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres said that while Latinos have traditionally preferred the Democratic Party, the Fox News Latino poll highlights a worrisome downward trend for Republicans. “Party identification [for Latinos] is fully consistent with what we have seen since the demise...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the New York Times regarding Donald Trump’s struggles with minority voters: That is what worries Republicans this year, particularly in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania with heavily black cities, where an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll last week showed Mr. Trump receiving only 1 percent of the black vote. (The...
Jon McHenry’s comments on the prospects for Republicans retaining the Senate majority: “Democrats haven’t really started the process of tying Trump around Republican necks,” said Jon McHenry, a prominent Republican pollster. “The swing state Republicans who hold their seats this fall will be those with a good story of vision and accomplishment to tell that...
Whit Ayres’ comments in US News and World Report on Donald Trump’s effect on downballot races and the future of the Republican party: For the moment that’s raising the prospect of resurgence in a fading voting pattern: “Just because people haven’t split their tickets in recent elections doesn’t mean they can’t spit their tickets,” says...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal on the electoral impact of the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton’s “extremely careless” handling of classified emails: Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster, said Mr. Comey’s remarks won’t help Mrs. Clinton convince voters that her competence is beyond reproach. But his comments aren’t likely to be a fatal...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the McClatchy newspapers regarding the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information: Republican consultant Whit Ayres noted that Comey’s phrase “extremely careless” to describe Clinton’s handling of classified information is likely to be used repeatedly in TV and radio spots. “Today may have closed the legal case on the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Washington Times regarding ticket splitting: While presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton tops Mr. Trump in matchups in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, incumbent Senate Republicans are all ahead in polling in their own races, building significant leads. “We’re seeing in numerous states and districts at the moment very substantial...
Whit Ayres’ comments on President Obama’s appeal and Hillary Clinton’s electoral map in The Canadian Press: He’ll start using some of that political advantage Tuesday. Obama-Clinton and Trump will hold competing rallies in North Carolina. It’s a state Obama won once, though he lost it in 2012 and still won a big majority in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Los Angeles Times regarding comparisons between “Brexit” and the Trump campaign: “The Brexit vote did not have a candidate,” said Whit Ayres, the Republican pollster who served as a strategist to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. “The decision about the presidency involves far more than disagreements over public policy....
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on Republicans focusing on down ballot races this fall: “I think in the minds of people right now, that is the focus — preserving our majorities in the Senate and the House,” said Dan Judy, a GOP strategist whose firm North Star Opinion Research worked on Sen. Marco Rubio’s...
