Whit Ayres’ comments in the Hartford Courant on gubernatorial candidates running against the partisan tide: Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant and pollster based in Washington, D.C., said, “Republicans in blue states need to have a center-right rudder to guide their decision-making, but they cannot be overtly ideological or overtly partisan. “Doing so is the...
Jon McHenry’s comments on the political effect of President Obama’s Ebola response in the Washington Times: “It’s pretty clear that the best politics is to do a travel ban,” said Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Opinion Research in Alexandria, Virginia. “In that sense, the president, regardless of what’s going on behind scenes, seems...
Whit Ayres’ comments on our joint Resurgent Republic/Democracy Corps poll for NPR: The poll concentrated on the Senate battleground — the 12 states that will determine control of the Senate next year. It found an electorate where nobody likes anybody. The president, the Republicans and the Democrats were viewed with equal disgust — their favorability...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Boston Globe on ObamaCare as an issue in this year’s elections: Not so fast, retorts GOP pollster Whit Ayres: The ACA is still a hot issue where it really matters this year, which is in the dozen states with tight Senate races. “The health care law is one of the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding Republican pickup opportunities in the U.S. Senate this cycle: Perhaps the toughest challenges for the GOP are in red states where incumbents are fighting battles they have long expected. They include Democrats Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, who...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Fox News Latino on Rick Perry’s indictment and presidential bid: Whit Ayers, a Republican pollster in Washington, D.C., said the subtext of a liberal area’s indictment of conservative Republican stands to give Perry a boost, should he decide to run for president in 2016. The Democrats pushing the case against Perry,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding outside groups in Senate races: “Money is necessary but not sufficient for political success,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and strategist. “The record is replete with candidates who have outspent their opponents and still lost.” Ayres said the effectiveness of advertising by outside groups depends largely on...
Our survey with GQRR for NPR was featured on today’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and highlights the tough road ahead for Democrats in swing Senate seats. To read the article, please click here.
Jon McHenry’s comments on Republican primaries and immigration reform for Fox News Latino: “Lindsey Graham was able to talk about what the Senate bill actually does,” said Jon McHenry of the Republican pollster Northstar Opinion Research. “He took it out of the context of just amnesty.” “People who run successfully in support of immigration reform...
Whit Ayres’ comments on immigration reform and Republican primary voters in Politico: Pollsters at the briefing, however, say their surveys didn’t find any evidence of greater intensity among immigration reform opponents. And Whit Ayres, one of the pollsters, said Graham was a better test case of how immigration reform plays in a GOP primary —...
