Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on the possibility of a government shutdown: “We keep having these debates over a shutdown, it seems, every year or two,” said GOP strategist Dan Judy. “There is a chunk of the party that says, ‘This time will be different’. And it never works.” Judy added that any move...
Whit Ayres’s comments in The Hill regarding the 2020 electoral environment: “The 2018 Senate map was the most favorable map for Republicans in our lifetime, so by comparison any other map is going to be more competitive,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. But Ayres warned that it’s far too early to predict the political...
Dan Judy’s comments to CNBC on the “Kavanaugh effect” in the midterm elections: Dan Judy, Republican pollster and vice president at North Star Opinion, said, “The fight over Justice Kavanaugh brought the stakes of this election into stark relief, and helped get Republicans motivated behind Senate candidates in ways they weren’t before.” Judy added that...
Whit Ayres’ comment in The New York Times on President Trump’s appeal to base voters in the midterm elections: Mr. Trump, who promised after his victory in 2016 to be a president for “all Americans,” has been fixated this year on visiting states that were critical to his Electoral College win and doubling down on...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic on President Trump’s focus during the midterms: Trump’s closing emphasis on culture may, in fact, represent a kind of triage for the GOP that effectively concedes large suburban losses in the House, but tries to protect more rural and blue-collar districts, as well as GOP Senate candidates in states...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding partisan views of the Kavanaugh hearings: “Like so many events today, people view this through their partisan filters to reinforce what they already think,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “The main difference we’ve seen since the Kavanaugh hearings is an increase in Republican enthusiasm. It...
Whit Ayres’s comments in The Los Angeles Times on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings: “It’s depressing watching this because both of these people have been seriously and permanently damaged,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who has worked with one of the main conservative groups backing Kavanaugh’s confirmation. “It reminds me of a Shakespearean tragedy, where...
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Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press on the Tennessee Senate contest: “A lot of conservatives in Tennessee really like Phil Bredesen and really don’t want (New York Democratic Sen.) Chuck Schumer to be majority leader,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “How they wrestle with that tension likely determines the outcome of the Senate...
Whit Ayres’s comments in The Hill regarding strong economic growth and the midterm elections: GOP strategist Whit Ayres highlighted the most recent, bullish data on employment and economic growth and praised Trump for having sought to make the most of that news. “It would be helpful if the president continues to pound that message, and...
Whit Ayres’s comments to the Associated Press on President Trump, presidential job approval, and the midterm elections: “Donald Trump is a non-traditional president and he has severed the traditional tie between economic well-being and presidential job approval,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican consultant and pollster. “People are not evaluating Donald Trump based on the state...
