Whit Ayres’ comment in The New York Times on President Trump’s appeal to base voters in the midterm elections: Mr. Trump, who promised after his victory in 2016 to be a president for “all Americans,” has been fixated this year on visiting states that were critical to his Electoral College win and doubling down on...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Atlantic on President Trump’s focus during the midterms: Trump’s closing emphasis on culture may, in fact, represent a kind of triage for the GOP that effectively concedes large suburban losses in the House, but tries to protect more rural and blue-collar districts, as well as GOP Senate candidates in states...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding partisan views of the Kavanaugh hearings: “Like so many events today, people view this through their partisan filters to reinforce what they already think,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “The main difference we’ve seen since the Kavanaugh hearings is an increase in Republican enthusiasm. It...
Whit Ayres’s comments in The Hill regarding strong economic growth and the midterm elections: GOP strategist Whit Ayres highlighted the most recent, bullish data on employment and economic growth and praised Trump for having sought to make the most of that news. “It would be helpful if the president continues to pound that message, and...
Whit Ayres’s comments to the Associated Press on President Trump, presidential job approval, and the midterm elections: “Donald Trump is a non-traditional president and he has severed the traditional tie between economic well-being and presidential job approval,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican consultant and pollster. “People are not evaluating Donald Trump based on the state...
Whit Ayres’s comments to McClatchy news service on the Trump effect in Republican primaries: When it comes to moving Republican votes, said veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres, a Trump endorsement is “determinative.” “At this point,” he said, ticking through a number of primary contest results, “a Trump endorsement can totally change the complexion of a...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding President Trump’s approach on trade and immigration: That means most of the midterm action is taking place in contested, Republican-held House districts and a couple of swing states, such as Florida and Nevada, where Trump’s rhetoric has wedged members of his party into a most uncomfortable position...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the Trump Administration border detention policy was cited as The New York Times‘ Quote of the Day: “Somehow I don’t think that putting kids in cages is likely to go over very well with suburban moms,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster uneasy about running on the culture wars. Mr. Ayres...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Frontline on the role partisanship in defending a sitting president: Political scientists said that limited criticism is normal from a president’s own party. Some made parallels to the debate among Republicans over whether to defend President Ronald Reagan following the Iran-Contra scandal. Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant, noted that Democrats...
Whit Ayres’ comments about President Trump and the Republican party were prominently featured in Newsweek, including this observation: “Virtually every president’s job approval has been driven by the state of the economy,” Ayres points out, but Trump “has severed the traditional link between presidential job approval and economic well-being.” That lends some credence to the...
