Whit Ayres’ comments in STAT News regarding Republican views of elites and experts: “In many ways, doubts about expertise have fed into the whole populist movement, which essentially is … anti-elite, anti-establishment, anti-expertise,” said Whit Ayres, a political consultant with North Star Opinion Research who has advised GOP candidates including DeSantis. “Populism has a real...
Jon McHenry’s comments in The New York Times regarding challenges in polling: If there is a big miss this cycle it’s likely to be driven by voters who are less educated not participating in the polls. The people you do get on the phone, you can always weight them up … but you don’t know exactly who...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding the influence of former President Donald Trump’s endorsements: All of which suggests Trump’s sway over Republican voters — and, by extension, the Republican Party — is diminishing the further he gets from the White House. “A president’s endorsement is going to carry more weight than an...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on Dr. Anthony Fauci: “Populism is essentially anti: anti-establishment, anti-expertise, anti-intellectual and anti-media,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist, adding that Dr. Fauci “is an establishment expert intellectual who is in the media.” … The anti-Fauci fervor has taken its toll on his personal life; he has...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The New York Times regarding perceptions of Joe Biden’s presidency: “The left is disappointed with him and the anti-Trump Republicans and independents thought they were going to get a moderate governing,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “I don’t know how resolving the pandemic is going to affect that fundamental...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on Donald Trump and his effect on the 2022 elections: Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster, said that Mr. Trump’s backing was powerful in primaries, but a “very, very mixed blessing” in swing districts. “It’s pretty clear that candidates who want to be competitive in the general...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding President Trump’s position in the political landscape: Still, when Trump tries to show his muscle by offering an endorsement, there is always the danger that the results will cut in the opposite direction. “When he was president of the United States and he could lay the anointing finger...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Guardian regarding Republican office holders encouraging their constituents to get vaccinated against COVID-19: One thing that’s clear among pollsters: the change in tone from Republican lawmakers has not been prompted by new polling. Rather it’s because of the increasing urgency that US political figures are feeling about a pandemic that...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times on COVID vaccines and politics: “Traditionally Republicans have been very against government interference in free enterprise, and into the workings of the private market,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. He said it was too early to say how vaccine politics would affect the 2022 midterms,...
Whit Ayres’ comments to National Public Radio regarding the GOP and declining Christian identification in the electorate: This makes religion one key part of a looming, long-term demographic challenge for Republicans, says Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “Republicans clearly have a stronger hold among the religiously affiliated, especially evangelical Protestants. And consequently, any decline in...
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