Jon McHenry’s comments on the national environment for Congressional races in Roll Call: Republican strategists don’t believe the House will move more than a few seats in either direction. The potential for a stalemate was aided, in part, by a redistricting process that provided no net gain for either party. Both parties have newfound opportunities...
Dan Judy’s comments in Market Watch on Mitt Romney’s business background: Given his history at investment firm Bain Capital, Romney has a Wall Street sheen. “The way he combats that is by trying to talk about business and jobs he’s helped to create that don’t have anything to do with Wall Street,” said Dan Judy,...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the National Journal website about the condensed Republican National Convention: Whit Ayres, the pollster who conducted the Resurgent Republic survey, said that three days “will be fine” for Romney to make the case. “The most important point of Governor Romney giving people a sense that he has a better idea [on...
Whit Ayres’ comments appearing on the U.S. News and World Report Ballot 2012 blog regarding the electorate and challenges facing the presidential candidates: Ayres offered up as Obama’s toughest polling number the flipside of Romney’s Hispanic issue—non-college educated whites. “President Obama got 42 percent of the white vote in 2008; he’s now in the low-...
Jon McHenry’s comments in Market Watch about Mitt Romney’s business background: “Romney’s message is so much about the fact that he’s been in private business and has been successful there. Put bluntly, he understands the economy and President Obama does not,” says Republican pollster Jon McHenry of North Star Opinion Research. To read the full...
Jon McHenry’s quote on Republican messaging on the ObamaCare ruling in Talking Points Memo: “It’s not as clean and on-message as Republican strategists might prefer,” said Jon McHenry, an unaligned D.C.-based GOP consultant and pollster. “But it’s a one-day, inside-the-Beltway, ‘what are these guys doing?’ story as opposed to taking the tax issue off the...
Dan Judy’s comments on variables affecting the President’s reelection chances on the ABC News website: Greece, of course, is also a huge variable. Even after its recent election, surprises from the new Greek leaders could ripple across the ocean. Obama has often cited the uncertainty in Europe — along with the tsunami in Japan —...
Whit Ayres’ comments on President Obama’s favorable ratings in Politico: Republican pollster Whit Ayres, on the other hand, contends that Obama’s favorability rating is merely a vestige of the 2008 campaign — of affection for what Obama represented as a hope-and-change candidate and of respect for the fact that he’s the first black president. None...
Whit Ayres’ comments on President Obama’s health care law in Politico: “President Obama never persuaded the majority of the country that the direction he wanted to go with health care was the right direction,” said GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “Consequentially, he can’t possibly run on it because Americans think overwhelmingly it will not decrease their...
Whit Ayres’ comments on Republican appeals to Hispanic voters, in Business Week: Romney is trying to appeal to Hispanics by focusing on discontent about their economic circumstances, which Ayres said is the top issue for them, as it is for voters overall. “Governor Romney has a real opening if he can paint an alternative vision,...
