Whit Ayres’ comments to ABC News regarding President Trump’s approach to crime: Crime has traditionally been one of Republicans’ stronger issues, “so it’s not a real surprise that he has pushed that to the top of the agenda and that people favor him,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. The AP-NORC poll found that...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding the economy and President Trump: “The two most important reasons why Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 were to bring down inflation and juice the economy. The progress on those two efforts will go a long way toward determining the president’s job approval and the fortunes of...
Jon McHenry’s comments to NPR regarding President Trump’s visit to Scotland and the Epstein files: The visit to Scotland may be a new opportunity to try and distance himself from the controversy, but it’s not like the British tabloids are known for staying out of stories like this. Republican pollster Jon McHenry says much...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files: “This is primarily a within-MAGA problem,” Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, said of the Epstein situation. “The vast majority of Americans don’t spend every waking moment wondering what happened to Epstein.” To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on the political impact of the LA riots: “As is so often the case, Donald Trump’s opponents are playing into his hands,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “This is exactly the kind of fight that Donald Trump loves, with his opponents carrying Mexican flags past burning cars.” … Ayres said immigration is...
Whit Ayres’ comments to NOTUS regarding Republicans and Hispanic voters: “Hispanic voters, like many blue-collar Americans, believed a vote for Trump would mean going back to better economic times,” Ayres said. “Those votes are seriously threatened if prices go up and the economy slows, because they voted for Trump to bring prices down and juice...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Bloomberg News regarding voters’ views of Donald Trump: “Basically, people voted for Donald Trump for four reasons,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “To bring down inflation. To juice the economy. To stop illegal immigration. And to get away from ‘woke’ culture. The evidence on the first two suggests that increasing prices...
Jon McHenry was quoted in Cook Political Report about the political impact of President Trump’s tariffs: Some Republicans are hopeful that Trump will find a way to cleverly step down from his tariff threats with highly publicized deal-making events that allow Trump to declare victory before the economic pain of inflation or supply chain shocks...
How are things doing for Donald Trump at the 100th day of his second term? Full post is available here: https://northstaropinion.substack.com/p/unsolicited-advice-after-100-days
