Whit Ayres’ comments on the government shutdown in The Washington Post: GOP pollster Whit Ayres said the Democratic base will only be angrier when they realize Republicans, who control Congress, are not backing down. “Eventually, the Democrats are going to end up folding, because they don’t have any real leverage,” Ayres said. “Fighting without leverage...
Whit Ayres’ comments on the government shutdown in The Wall Street Journal: “It has the potential to be a significant issue,” said Republican strategist Whit Ayres. “Whether it becomes one or not depends upon the course of the election.” To read the full article, please click here.
“He’s elevated crime as an issue.”
CrimeTrumpWhit AyresAugust 29, 2025
Whit Ayres’ comments to ABC News regarding President Trump’s approach to crime: Crime has traditionally been one of Republicans’ stronger issues, “so it’s not a real surprise that he has pushed that to the top of the agenda and that people favor him,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. The AP-NORC poll found that...
“Progress on inflation and economic growth will be far more important than the Epstein case to the vast majority of Americans”
EconomyInflationTrumpWhit AyresAugust 20, 2025
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding the economy and President Trump: “The two most important reasons why Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 were to bring down inflation and juice the economy. The progress on those two efforts will go a long way toward determining the president’s job approval and the fortunes of...
“Americans don’t spend every waking moment thinking of Epstein.”
Political ClimateTrumpWhit AyresJuly 20, 2025
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files: “This is primarily a within-MAGA problem,” Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, said of the Epstein situation. “The vast majority of Americans don’t spend every waking moment wondering what happened to Epstein.” To read the full article, please click here.
Whit Ayres’ comments on the political impact of the LA riots: “As is so often the case, Donald Trump’s opponents are playing into his hands,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “This is exactly the kind of fight that Donald Trump loves, with his opponents carrying Mexican flags past burning cars.” … Ayres said immigration is...
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RepublicansTariffsWhit AyresJune 3, 2025
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 to NOTUS regarding Republicans and Hispanic voters: “Hispanic voters, like many blue-collar Americans, believed a vote for Trump would mean going back to better economic times,” Ayres said. “Those votes are seriously threatened if prices go up and the economy slows, because they voted for Trump to bring prices down and juice...
Whit Ayres’ comments to Bloomberg News regarding voters’ views of Donald Trump: “Basically, people voted for Donald Trump for four reasons,” says Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “To bring down inflation. To juice the economy. To stop illegal immigration. And to get away from ‘woke’ culture. The evidence on the first two suggests that increasing prices...
