Whit Ayres’ comments on President Obama’s appeal and Hillary Clinton’s electoral map in The Canadian Press: He’ll start using some of that political advantage Tuesday. Obama-Clinton and Trump will hold competing rallies in North Carolina. It’s a state Obama won once, though he lost it in 2012 and still won a big majority in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Los Angeles Times regarding comparisons between “Brexit” and the Trump campaign: “The Brexit vote did not have a candidate,” said Whit Ayres, the Republican pollster who served as a strategist to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. “The decision about the presidency involves far more than disagreements over public policy....
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill on Republicans focusing on down ballot races this fall: “I think in the minds of people right now, that is the focus — preserving our majorities in the Senate and the House,” said Dan Judy, a GOP strategist whose firm North Star Opinion Research worked on Sen. Marco Rubio’s...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Dayton Daily News on Trump and the Republican party: “A year ago there was the potential to have a united party behind a popular candidate posting up against a historically unpopular Hillary Clinton,” says veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who worked for Marco Rubio’s failed presidential bid. “Today we have...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Bloomberg Politics on Donald Trump, projecting strength, and addressing terrorism: “Trump’s chance of success depends on the extent to which people are desperate for a change in direction at the highest levels of government, regardless of whether they know what those changes look like so far,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican...
Whit Ayres’ comments for The Washington Post on Donald Trump’s campaign style and Republican reactions: “Get used to it,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, a Trump critic. “This is your life for the next five months.” To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic regarding Donald Trump’s racially-charged appeals: “Racially divisive politics ramp up the importance of the changing demographics because it makes it harder to perform credibly among non-white voters, and it also makes it harder for Trump to run up the white numbers he needs because of resistance to that sort...
Whit Ayres’ comments in US News on chief executive officers making the transition to politics: Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP consultant, lists three weaknesses business-only leaders suffer when they seek political office. They’re arrogant, Ayres says, thinking they know more about polling than pollsters and more about how the media operates than media experts do....
Whit Ayres’ comments in the San Diego Union-Tribune on demographics and the Trump campaign: “We still elect presidents using the Electoral College … depending on states that are made up of diverse electorates,” cautions GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “There aren’t enough angry white people to create a majority in the new America of 2016, (and)...
Jon McHenry’s comments in Politico on the challenges Donald Trump faces in winning a general election: “I don’t see how he all of a sudden becomes this magnanimous unifier,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, whose firm, North Star Opinion Research, polled for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. “Does he get a bump? Probably. But he’s starting...
