Whit Ayres’ comments on The Washington Post website on GOP voters and immigration reform: “Our research has shown that roughly one third of Republican primary voters will never support a path to citizenship no matter what the conditions,” says Ayres, a supporter of reform. “But two thirds will support a path to citizenship as long...
USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center Survey on Public Service
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Our survey on public and community service, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on July 22: WASHINGTON — The American impulse to make a contribution to the community is strong, but the feeling that politics can be an avenue...
Whit Ayres’ comments on Marco Rubio and immigration reform in the National Journal: “Marco Rubio has demonstrated a willingness to take a risk to do something important for the country,” said his pollster, Whit Ayres. “Ultimately politicians who do what they think is best for the country get credit for being leaders. In the great...
Whit Ayres’ comments in National Journal regarding immigration reform: “Any Republican with a national perspective understands the dynamics of the politics of the 21st century,” says GOP pollster Whit Ayres, a Rubio adviser. That is, the Hispanic share of the electorate is rising fast, and the GOP share of Hispanic votes keeps falling. … Opposition...
Jon McHenry’s comments in the Washington Post regarding Congress and the economy: “When you’ve got Republicans saying government is doing too much and needs to get out of the way of business, and Democrats saying government needs to step in and do more to help people out, it becomes pretty hard to bridge that economic...
Our survey, conducted with our colleagues at The Mellman Group for the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA TODAY, was featured in Susan Page’s story on March 6: Americans who blame Washington politicians for the polarization and gridlock of the nation’s politics might want to look in the mirror: Like the elected officials they decry, voters...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding Republican messaging on fiscal issues: “It’s challenging to talk about budgets in a way that resonates with average folks,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. Although most Americans believe that deficits and debt represent a threat to the country’s future, Ayres added, “the challenge is figuring out how...
Whit Ayres, January 19, on the President’s Challenge of Governing
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Whit Ayres’ comments in the Los Angeles Times on the challenge of governing in President Obama’s second term: “The president is really good at campaigning and really bad at governing,” said Republican strategist Whit Ayres. “Anything that’s going to get through this Congress is going to have to be done in a bipartisan way,” he...
Whit Ayres, January 22
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Whit Ayres’ comments on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding President Obama’s second inaugural address: Republicans were hoping for something akin to the president’s 2004 convention speech where he talked about there being no red America or blue America, but a United States of America. But his tone yesterday was 180 degrees away from that tone...
Jon McHenry, November 19
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Jon McHenry’s comments in The Hill regarding Republicans and the changing American electorate: “We can argue back and forth about policies. But it’s not possible to argue against the math of a changing electorate,” said Republican consultant Jon McHenry, whose firm North Star Opinion Research numbers Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) among its clients. … Even...
