Whit Ayres’ comments in USA Today regarding the political impact of Justice Kennedy’s retirement: Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP pollster, said quickly confirming a new justice before the Nov. 6 midterms could prove crucial to Senate Republicans. “It will make even more compelling the Republican argument that they have delivered on their promises and future...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the Trump Administration border detention policy was cited as The New York Times‘ Quote of the Day: “Somehow I don’t think that putting kids in cages is likely to go over very well with suburban moms,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster uneasy about running on the culture wars. Mr. Ayres...
The Virginia Election in Six Charts
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Democratic nominee Ralph Northam won the 2017 election for Governor of Virginia by the unexpectedly large margin of nine percentage points, 54 to 45 percent. Unlike the Rustbelt states voting for President in 2016, few counties switched from Democrat to Republican since the last Virginia gubernatorial election in 2013. Instead the surprising margin was caused...
Whit Ayres’ quote in The New York Times regarding the state of play in the 2018 Senate map: “The Democrats running in the 10 states that Donald Trump carried have all demonstrated an ability to get elected in Republican states, so they obviously have something going for them,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist. “But...
Whit Ayres, December 22, NPR
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Whit Ayres appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss President Trump’s job approval: To read the transcript, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in Bloomberg Businessweek regarding the competitive Senate environment in 2018: Whit Ayres, a GOP strategist advising Senate and House candidates next year, admits Republicans are going to have “the wind in their face,” but he points out that, given the 26 seats Senate Democrats will have to keep, the GOP has been...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press on the effect of tax reform on Republicans’ electoral prospects in 2018: “Passing the tax bill is necessary but not sufficient for Republicans to retain control of Congress in 2018,” said GOP consultant Whit Ayres. “It does give the party a concrete accomplishment that they can take to...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Senator Rubio’s efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit in the Republican tax reform bill: “He is not ‘all of a sudden, at the last minute’ grandstanding,” said Whit Ayres, Mr. Rubio’s pollster. “This is a consistent cause of his, going back to the presidential campaign...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding the Alabama special election and what it means for next year’s midterm elections: “Obviously, the primary responsibility lies with a deeply flawed Republican candidate,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. But he said results in Alabama—and in Virginia’s race for governor, which Democrats won—also showed that some...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Christian Science Monitor on Alabama’s unique political views and senate race: “Alabama’s always had a fiercely independent streak,” explains GOP pollster and consultant Whit Ayres. “George Wallace came from Alabama, and stood in the schoolhouse door to tell the federal government to get lost,” says Mr. Ayres, referring to the...
