Whit Ayres’ comments on the Hispanic vote and GOP prospects in 2014 and 2016 in the Los Angeles Times: In 2012, exit polls show Mitt Romney beat Obama by 20 percentage points among white voters, which made up 72% of the electorate, while losing resoundingly among all other racial groups. In this November’s midterm election,...
Whit Ayres’ comments for the Washington Post‘s PlumLine blog regarding immigration reform and electoral trends: GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who favors reform, tells me Republicans should take the two point rise in critical swing states very seriously. “It’s significant,” Ayres says. “Some aspects of the future are difficult to see clearly. The increasing proportion of...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Christian Science Monitor regarding Republican electoral prospects and Obamacare: “Anti-Obamacare and anti-Obama leadership is the core message,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “But people vote for things as well as against things, and the smartest politicians I’ve ever worked with all believe in the importance of having a positive agenda....
Whit Ayres’ comments on Republican economic messages in Politico: That doesn’t necessarily mean they need to nationalize the election with one agenda, like House Republicans’ “Contract With America” in 1994 or their “Pledge to America” in 2010. But Republican candidates should at least have their own economic alternatives, said GOP pollster Whit Ayres: “What would...
Dan Judy’s comments in US News and World Report regarding the debt limit vote: “Getting the debt limit out of the way is a great move for Republicans, because every time they pick a fight on that issue, they lose and make themselves more unpopular in the process,” says Dan Judy, a Republican pollster. “Republicans...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding the debt limit vote: “The government shutdown was a watershed moment,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster. The speaker’s decision to allow a debt-limit increase reflects “the recognition we need to find other strategies and better tactics for advancing a conservative fiscal agenda.” To read the...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Times regarding President Obama’s plans to increase the use of executive orders: “I think what it does is fire up Republicans to turn out to make sure they put in a Senate majority that can stop Obama,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Opinion Research...
Whit Ayres’ in The Hill on Senator Rubio’s opportunities in 2016: “Marco Rubio is very much in the top tier of potential Republican candidates. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t looked at any data and doesn’t understand the dynamics of the Republican primary,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who counts Rubio as one of his...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding Chris Christie: Republican pollster Whit Ayres said Friday that Mr. Wildstein’s claims weren’t sufficient to conclude that Mr. Christie knew about the lane closures, or that he would suffer additional political damage. “If what the governor said in his press conference turns out to be completely...
Whit Ayres’ comments for the Washington Post on immigration reform and Republican politics: “If Republicans wait until 2015 to tackle this issue, that puts a very emotional and controversial issue right in the middle of the Republican presidential selection process,” veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres, a supporter of reform, tells me. “The opportunity for demagoguery...
