Whit Ayres’ comments to The Washington Post regarding the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis: “The circumstances are so blatant, and the situation is so stunning, that of course Republican officials are not going to buy the explanation put out before anybody actually looked at the evidence,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “Any responsible public...
Whit Ayres’ comments to The Guardian on Marco Rubio: Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who worked on Rubio’s successful 2010 Senate campaign and his failed presidential campaign, said his former client faced a choice of adapting or becoming politically extinct. “Republican elected officials in the Trump era have two choices. They can accommodate themselves to...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding the Department of Justice investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell: Dan Judy, a Republican strategist, said he was dubious that the move would have an instant electoral effect, given that the workings and purposes of the Federal Reserve are not necessarily followed closely by the median voter....
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Wall Street Journal regarding the off-year election results. While some Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, have played down the significance of Democratic wins, Republican pollster Whit Ayres said the GOP would be foolish to ignore the signals sent. “Small changes in the margins mean...
The better question is, “How can Republicans hold the House?” Jon McHenry’s latest Substack post is here.
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the election outlook for 2026: Republican pollster Whit Ayres sounded worried about the way the landscape looks at this point. “Let’s see,” he wrote in a message. “Higher prices as a result of tariffs, and millions of Trump voters losing their Medicaid-funded health care. I think even...
Whit Ayres’ comments in TIME regarding Republican party factions: This makes Paul an anomaly. At a time when most elected Republicans are either America First true-believers or traditional conservatives who have bent the knee, Paul has emerged as a thorn in Trump’s side. “They have very different ideologies,” says Whit Ayres, a veteran GOP strategist....
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding RFK Jr’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate: For Mr. Cassidy and other Republicans who were uneasy about Mr. Kennedy, the situation in West Texas is forcing a reckoning, said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist who is also a member of Rotary International, an organization that has...
Whit Ayres spoke with Time magazine about the potential for a government shutdown: When the government shut down in 2013, the GOP’s favorable rating sank and it took the entire year to recover, says Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist and pollster. “Republicans always seem to take the hit during government shutdowns,” Ayres says. “So I’m...
Whit Ayres’ comments to ABC News regarding Donald Trump’s comeback victory: Key to Trump’s political staying power, strategists on both sides of the aisle said, is the way he’s managed to reorient the GOP’s image from “Country Club Republicans” to the party of the working class despite being a billionaire himself and despite some of...
