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...
Whit Ayres, September 24
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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...
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.
