Whit Ayres’ comments for Fox News Latino on Republicans and Hispanic voters: Republican pollster Whit Ayres put it bluntly: “The situation in Texas represents the promise for the Republican Party across the country.” For the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on immigration reform in The Columbus Dispatch: “The system is irretrievably broken and most people, when they look at irretrievably broken systems, try to make them better,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican consultant in Washington. “That’s what the Senate did with their bill — a far-from-perfect bill, but a good-faith effort to...
Dan Judy’s comments in US News and World Report regarding the debt limit vote: “Getting the debt limit out of the way is a great move for Republicans, because every time they pick a fight on that issue, they lose and make themselves more unpopular in the process,” says Dan Judy, a Republican pollster. “Republicans...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding the debt limit vote: “The government shutdown was a watershed moment,” said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster. The speaker’s decision to allow a debt-limit increase reflects “the recognition we need to find other strategies and better tactics for advancing a conservative fiscal agenda.” To read the...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Times regarding President Obama’s plans to increase the use of executive orders: “I think what it does is fire up Republicans to turn out to make sure they put in a Senate majority that can stop Obama,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, vice president of North Star Opinion Research...
Whit Ayres’ in The Hill on Senator Rubio’s opportunities in 2016: “Marco Rubio is very much in the top tier of potential Republican candidates. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t looked at any data and doesn’t understand the dynamics of the Republican primary,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who counts Rubio as one of his...
Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding Chris Christie: Republican pollster Whit Ayres said Friday that Mr. Wildstein’s claims weren’t sufficient to conclude that Mr. Christie knew about the lane closures, or that he would suffer additional political damage. “If what the governor said in his press conference turns out to be completely...
Whit Ayres’ comments for the Washington Post on immigration reform and Republican politics: “If Republicans wait until 2015 to tackle this issue, that puts a very emotional and controversial issue right in the middle of the Republican presidential selection process,” veteran GOP pollster Whit Ayres, a supporter of reform, tells me. “The opportunity for demagoguery...
Whit Ayres’ comments for Time on the Republican approach to addressing poverty: While both parties bemoan many of the same symptoms, they hardly agree on the disease, let alone the medicine. Democrats focus on income inequality: the gap between the nation’s highest and lowest earners is at its greatest level since the Roaring Twenties. Republicans,...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill on Senator Marco Rubio’s War on Poverty speech: “If you go back and listen to the speeches Marco Rubio gave when he was a Senate candidate in Florida, expanding access to the American dream was at the core of his message,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who counts...
