Whit Ayres’ comments to Vox on voters’ perceptions of the economy: “The fundamental problem for Biden and the Democrats is that while the rate of inflation is down, it’s not going backwards,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. “It’s hard to persuade people that things are better.” … “The general perception is that the economy was...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Washington Post about the 2024 general election campaign: Reelection campaigns generally favor the incumbent. But Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and no friend of Trump, sees Biden as the clear underdog. He cites public dissatisfaction with the overall direction of the country, and notes that Trump is seen as more...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Daily Caller regarding Senator Bob Casey and the Biden Administration’s liquified natural gas pause: “I think this pause is actually the worst of both worlds for Senator Casey. It’s very likely to hit Pennsylvania’s working class voters in the pocketbook, not only by leading to job losses in the state but also by...
Whit Ayres’ comment to The New York Times about voters’ feelings about the likely 2024 election matchup: “Exhaustion is underlying the entire attitude toward our presidential election,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “When you’ve got two people that are opposed by 70 percent of Americans who want a different choice, it creates frustration, anxiety and...
Whit Ayres joined Bill Kristol on his podcast Conversations, saying this about the prospects of another Biden-Trump race: Trump would win in a landslide in the electoral college if the election were held today and the reason is that Joe Biden is the weakest American president since Jimmy Carter, and there’s some similarity between the...
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Daily Caller regarding the 2024 U.S. Senate outlook for Republicans: Jon McHenry, a GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star Opinion Research, warned that while Republicans “have a very favorable map,” their “candidates matter.” “Republicans threw away winnable races in the last few years with candidates who were...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Daily Caller regarding President Biden’s decline in support among traditional Democratic supporters: “What is really interesting about the polling is not that President Biden is slipping among core Democratic constituencies like younger voters and Black and Hispanic voters,” Jon McHenry, a GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal on the U.S. political system: Asked to summarize the year 2023 in politics, Republican pollster Whit Ayres is blunt: “2023 was a terrible year for America’s political system.” … Meantime, the two parties appeared on track to produce a rematch in 2024’s election between Biden and Trump, a contest...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times about the Democratic ticket: Whit Ayres, who has spent decades polling and strategizing for Republican candidates, described the Democratic ticket of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as the weakest since that of George McGovern and Sargent Shriver, who were shellacked by President Nixon in 1972. But Ayres is not...