Whit Ayres’ comments in The Daily Beast on the state of the Republican Party: “I wouldn’t jump to any premature conclusions,” cautions Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “At least people who understand governing, like Patrick McHenry, step up and the Twitter screamers have very little to offer. There are some good people there. When...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Vox on the DeSantis v. Trump battle in the Republican presidential primary: DeSantis, once a protege of Trump, faces the challenge of consolidating enough support behind him to challenge the former president’s historically high polling margin over DeSantis. That involves winning over both the faction of the GOP that never thought...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding former President Donald Trump’s position in the Republican presidential primary: Whit Ayres, a prominent Republican pollster, said the possibility of additional indictments against Trump by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County district attorney in Georgia could swing the race away from Trump, predicting that charges from...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times about former President Trump’s support in the Republican primary: “Trump is obviously the favorite, but he’s beatable,” Republican strategist Alex Conant said. “He’s beatable because the race isn’t static. The poll numbers today are not what they will be six months from now.” GOP pollster Whit Ayres...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal on the Republican presidential primary: Because of what Mr. Trump accomplished in 2016, it would be foolish to count him out next year. But Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP strategist, told me that Republicans who believe that someone other than the former president stands a better chance of...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times about electability and Donald Trump: “It has sounded like an excuse to get conservative voters to support somebody they don’t really want, even though the argument may very well be true,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. Citing G.O.P. losses while Mr. Trump has defined the...
Dan Judy’s comments to The Hill regarding the state of play in the Republican presidential primaries: “There is definitely room for another candidate — though perhaps only one, ultimately, if Trump and DeSantis suck all the air out of the room,” said GOP strategist Dan Judy. Judy argued that a large swath of the electorate...
Whit Ayres’ comments to fivethirtyeight.com regarding education and Republican candidates: These data points might be one reason why Republicans appear confident that DeSantis’s focus on race in education can attract socially conservative voters in a GOP primary. During a phone call with me, Republican pollster Whit Ayres pointed to Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race —...
Whit Ayres’ comments in Politico about former President Trump’s current place in the Republican primary: “There’s no question [Trump is] the giant in the middle of the room, and other people will define themselves in comparison to him,” said Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster. In recent days, Trump said he will “absolutely” stay in the...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Boston Globe regarding electability as a concern in the Republican nominating progress: Trump is still viewed favorably by about two-thirds or more of Republicans, according to multiple surveys, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all vote for him again, said veteran Republican pollster, Whit Ayres. His current and potential competitors are beginning to make the case...
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