The better question is, “How can Republicans hold the House?” Jon McHenry’s latest Substack post is here.
Whit Ayres, May 25
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...
The President should explain why tariffs are important to the country.
EconomyJon McHenryTariffsTrumpMay 6, 2025
Jon McHenry was quoted in Cook Political Report about the political impact of President Trump’s tariffs: Some Republicans are hopeful that Trump will find a way to cleverly step down from his tariff threats with highly publicized deal-making events that allow Trump to declare victory before the economic pain of inflation or supply chain shocks...
How are things doing for Donald Trump at the 100th day of his second term? Full post is available here: https://northstaropinion.substack.com/p/unsolicited-advice-after-100-days
Jon McHenry joined the Financial Times’ Swamp Notes podcast to discuss the first 100 days of the second Trump Administration, and tariff policy: Transcript: https://www.ft.com/content/6defe77d-87e5-42aa-a36e-7f68e84cc99a Audio: https://www.ft.com/content/50e39dbf-8471-4d91-b46a-8d079cd3dbee
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Boston Globe on Republican perspectives on Harvard: For conservatives, Harvard is the ultimate liberal foe. “At its essence, Harvard is the epitome of elite institutions in this country,” said Republican pollster Jon McHenry, adding the university is a proxy for “all the people who held us down during the COVID...
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Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding the reaction of billionaires to recent stock market swings: “You have to laugh to keep from crying,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “What did they say about the old New York Mets? ‘Can’t anybody here play this game?’” (Mr. Ayres was referring to what the...
