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...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Time on the Republican approach to addressing poverty: While both parties bemoan many of the same symptoms, they hardly agree on the disease, let alone the medicine. Democrats focus on income inequality: the gap between the nation’s highest and lowest earners is at its greatest level since the Roaring Twenties. Republicans,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill on Senator Marco Rubio’s War on Poverty speech: “If you go back and listen to the speeches Marco Rubio gave when he was a Senate candidate in Florida, expanding access to the American dream was at the core of his message,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who counts...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico regarding public opinion of gay marriage: Republican strategist Whit Ayres said the Cheney clash is “symptomatic” of America’s divide on gay marriage. “Everybody has been reconsidering their view on this issue,” he said. “It doesn’t mean everybody has changed their minds, but a great many people have reconsidered their views....
Whit Ayres’ post titled “The Obamacare Infection” was featured on National Review Online: Our polling has shown that the overwhelming majority of Americans simply did not believe most of the president’s promises about Obamacare. In March 2012, substantial majorities said that key claims he made about the law were false. For his claim that “the...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the Virginia gubernatorial race and implications for Republicans for ABC News: “If the polls hold true and [Ken] Cuccinelli loses, it shows that successful Republicans drive down the middle of the right-hand side of the road — they don’t drive off into the ditch on the right,” said Whit Ayres, a...
Whit Ayres’ comments on Morning Edition regarding ObamaCare: The message challenge for the White House has been and remains very significant. The president made a lot of promises about his healthcare plan that, according to our polling, most Americans never believed. They never believed that the plan would lower health insurance premiums for the average...
