Whit Ayres spoke with Time magazine about the potential for a government shutdown: When the government shut down in 2013, the GOP’s favorable rating sank and it took the entire year to recover, says Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist and pollster. “Republicans always seem to take the hit during government shutdowns,” Ayres says. “So I’m...
Whit Ayres’ comments to ABC News regarding Donald Trump’s comeback victory: Key to Trump’s political staying power, strategists on both sides of the aisle said, is the way he’s managed to reorient the GOP’s image from “Country Club Republicans” to the party of the working class despite being a billionaire himself and despite some of...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Boston Globe regarding Republican gains in New England: Political strategists say Trump spoke more directly to those who worry about the cost of goods and the impact of the state’s surging migrant population in their communities. “Ultimately, what the results from yesterday say is that Republicans were more focused on...
Whit Ayres comments to The New York Times about Donald Trump’s comments on electric vehicles: “Trump is tapping into something Republicans really believe,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant. “They’re far less likely to consider buying an electric vehicle and they really resent the idea that the government is going to come along and...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Politico regarding Republicans and the politics of abortion: “When you’re talking about abortion, you’re playing on the Democrats’ turf,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster and consultant. “Just like when you’re talking about immigration and inflation, you’re playing on Republicans’ turf.” … “There’s going to be a lot of ferment and...
Whit Ayres’ comments to CNN regarding the policy and political landscape in the wake of the Dobbs decision: “President Trump was right to say that abortion policy should be left up to the states,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant. “The dramatic differences among state cultures means that there is no possible national policy...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the potential political impact of the verdict in the New York case against Donald Trump: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, doubts that as many as a fourth of Republicans would actually shun Trump if he’s convicted. But Ayres said even if just a small number of more moderate Republicans and independents...
Dan Judy’s comments to The Guardian on former President Donald Trump’s conquest of state Republican parties: “The big, sort of under-the-radar story in American politics over the last couple of years was the way Trump and his people had taken over state parties across the country,” said Dan Judy, a senior analyst for North Star Opinion...
Jon McHenry’s comments to The Daily Caller on the effect of Arizona’s Supreme Court ruling on abortion: The opposition from prominent Republicans to the Arizona Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could mitigate Democrats’ turnout boost, according to polling analyst Jon McHenry. “Typically where there’s been something on the ballot, it has helped Democrats — there’s kind...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding President Trump’s position on abortion: “I don’t know that anything will take the attention off the abortion issue given some of the extremely restrictive bills that have been passed,” said GOP consultant Whit Ayres, who called Trump’s position a politically smart one. “But it is the...
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