Whit Ayres’ comments in USA Today about CPAC: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and consultant, sees the split as one between a “pro-governing” wing of the party and the “pro-populist” wing. The populists, he said, are more interested in being anti-establishment, anti-immigrant, and anti-media. Trump fused those people into a force that won the Electoral College in 2016,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Republican senators voting to convict President Trump of impeachment charges: “Two are retiring, and three are not up until 2026, and who knows what the world will look like five years from now,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “It looked pretty different five years...
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Whit Ayres appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss polling and President Trump’s impeachment trial: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966498568/how-the-polls-have-differed-between-trumps-1st-and-2nd-impeachment-trials
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the future of the Republican party: “January 6 is the opening battle in the war for the soul of the Republican Party,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “The party is now split between the governing wing and the populist wing even more sharply than it was during...
Dan Judy’s comments to Talking Points Memo regarding calls for unity after the attack on the Capitol: Dan Judy, Vice President of North Star Opinion Research, a consultancy for Republican candidates, told TPM that the “unity” pushers can be put in two categories. The first, Republicans who opposed Trump’s rhetoric on election fraud and voted...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Los Angeles Times regarding splits in the Republican Party: “The divisions we’re seeing now reflect those in the period of 2010 to 2016 between tea party conservatives and governing conservatives,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “Donald Trump tapped into the populist elements of the Tea Party movement and expanded and...
Jon McHenry’s comments regarding Florida as a must-win state for President Trump: Come election night, Mr McHenry said how Florida votes could be indicative of the final result. The actual result will not be confirmed on Nov 3, but much later when all votes are counted. “The cheat sheet is if President Trump hasn’t won...
Whit Ayres’ comments to McCatchy News Services regarding reelection campaigns as referenda on incumbents: “The president’s best scenario for re-election was making the election a choice between the incumbent and an unacceptable alternative,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. “But both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have done a good job making the election...
Dan Judy’s comments to The Hill regarding President Trump’s campaigning in the election’s home stretch: The president’s tendency to return to the topic of Clinton’s emails — he raised the subject during a friendly interview with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh last week — is especially perplexing, even to Republicans. “He is not running...
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