Quotes about Elections

Elections are not a beauty contest. It is all about tolerance. Votes: 4

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are. Votes: 4

Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds. Votes: 4

Elections have consequences. Votes: 3

Elections are about the future. Votes: 3

Elections are a Western jerk-off. Votes: 3

Elections matter and voting counts. Votes: 3

Elections are futures markets in stolen property. Votes: 3

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. Votes: 3

Elections aren't just about who votes, but who doesn't vote. Votes: 3

Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent Votes: 3

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks. Votes: 3

Elections cannot inconvenience me. They ratify my will or I neuter them. Votes: 3

Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable! Votes: 3

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want. Votes: 3

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used. Votes: 3

Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror! Votes: 3

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. Votes: 3

Elections are a festival of democracy. Everyone must join this festival of democracy and strengthen it. Votes: 3

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past. Votes: 3

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law. Votes: 3

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Votes: 3

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Votes: 3

Elections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead. Votes: 3

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections. Votes: 3

2014 Lok Sabha Elections is a battle between good governance agenda of the NDA versus the misgovernance and corruption of the UPA. Votes: 3

Elections in L.A. are so different. Here you've got politicians with phony smiles making false promises to voters with fake boobs and bad toupees. Votes: 3

Could one start a Stagnation Party-which at General Elections would boast that during its term of office no event of the least importance had taken place? Votes: 3

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy. Votes: 3

Elections are about choices. They're about distinguishing one from the other. There is a political element to that, and of course it has to do with policy, as well. Votes: 3

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders. Votes: 3

Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should judge these nominees. Elections have consequences. Votes: 3

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Votes: 3

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." Votes: 3

Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy. Votes: 3

Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials. Votes: 3

Elections officials here in California are concerned that having 247 candidates would require a ballot so long it would be difficult to count. Today in Florida they said, 'What? You count the ballots?' Votes: 3

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country. Votes: 3

Elections are also about the future - the pledges that we are making for this country. For those who care about equality and fairness in the UK, and beyond, Labour really is the only choice. Votes: 3

Experience shows us that most people's votes are based on their biases, not on objective reality. Elections are a collective gut reaction. That any good comes of it at all is the miracle of democracy. Votes: 3

Elections themselves do not necessarily lead to more corporate uncertainty - quite the reverse, stable democracies create a reliable environment. And elections have caused hardly any change in the basic economic framework in the last few decades. Votes: 3

In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national level, Congress should follow Maine's example by empowering the voices of small donors. Votes: 3

I have chosen to fight against corruption in this country, though I have been advised not to because we are drawing closer to this year's Tripartite Elections. I know I am fighting against people who are smarter, wealthier and advanced. Votes: 3

Elections have consequences. And I fundamentally believe - this is my personal opinion, I know it's a slightly partisan thing to say - to really do what we think needs to be done, we're going to have to win some elections. Votes: 3

Where annual elections end where slavery begins. Votes: 2

The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control. Votes: 2

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections. Votes: 2

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself. Votes: 2

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. Votes: 2

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. Votes: 2

Mandates are not objective realities but subjective interpretations of elections sold successfully by the winning candidate or party. Votes: 2

The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end. Votes: 2

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible. Votes: 2

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections. Votes: 2

I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008. Votes: 2

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people. Votes: 2

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. Votes: 2

National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood. Votes: 2

It's going to be interesting to watch presidential elections in around 2040, when voters can dig up candidates' teenage angst pics and posts from old social media and discussion forum archives. Votes: 2

The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls. Votes: 2

If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights to civil marriage, is a net positive for winning elections, as well as the right thing to do. Votes: 2

To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay off the debt. That's wrong, but neither the U.S. nor Europe has a plan to stop it. Votes: 2

It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger. Votes: 2

When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and it actually saves the day - you can't prejudge technologies now because they have effects you may not have intended. Votes: 2

Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them. Votes: 2

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. Votes: 2

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. Votes: 2

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat. Votes: 2

There's a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn't count the votes right, and so on. That's all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don't take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term 'election.' Votes: 2

What's the point of elections if everything is already decided? Votes: 1

I mixed up the political program with my shopping list (on the elections) Votes: 1

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that Votes: 1

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side Votes: 1

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up Votes: 1

The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right Votes: 1

The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canapes of knowledge and never had their fill Votes: 1

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of your state or district, and no other ethic need inhibit the feeding frenzy Votes: 1

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first posses the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence Votes: 1

Take it from me-elections matter. Votes: 0

I'm tired now of the elections. Votes: 0

We deserve elections we can trust. Votes: 0

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. Votes: 0

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately. Votes: 0

Political elections are not life and death. Votes: 0

I've been in a lot of elections. Votes: 0

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. Votes: 0

The Iraqi elections were an important first step. Votes: 0

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins. Votes: 0

Dark money has turned our elections into auctions Votes: 0

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult. Votes: 0

The United Nations has no business in our elections. Votes: 0

I have won elections and I have lost elections. Votes: 0

You just never know. Crazy things happen in elections. Votes: 0

Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections. Votes: 0

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Votes: 0

If elections really changed anything, they would be outlawed. Votes: 0

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real. Votes: 0

Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections. Votes: 0

Gun sales have spiked every time Democrats win elections since 1980. Votes: 0

The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence. Votes: 0

In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor. Votes: 0

You can't be too right too soon and win elections. Votes: 0

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. Votes: 0

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects. Votes: 0

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections. Votes: 0

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform, Votes: 0

Our elections are free-it's in the results where eventually we pay. Votes: 0

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections. Votes: 0

Organizing free and fair elections is more important than the result itself Votes: 0

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. Votes: 0

In America, we do cheat. We have people who cheat in elections. Votes: 0

If a nation wishes, it can have both free elections and slavery. Votes: 0

The Iraqi elections struck a blow to the heart of global terrorism. Votes: 0

I would also like to see Russia not interfere in our elections. Votes: 0

Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections. Votes: 0

Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections. Votes: 0

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. Votes: 0

The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they're not liberals. Votes: 0

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues. Votes: 0

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television. Votes: 0

We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections. Votes: 0

It's kind of hard to win most elections on anti-family, immorality, and Satan-worship. Votes: 0

Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country. Votes: 0

In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes. Votes: 0

How do we get from electrons to elections and from protons to presidents? Votes: 0

The next Euro-elections will be a step towards a United States of Europe Votes: 0

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections. Votes: 0

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. Votes: 0

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Votes: 0

While 1857 was about 'Swaraj ki ladai', the 2014 elections would be about 'Surajya ki ladai'. Votes: 0

Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments. Votes: 0

I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins. Votes: 0

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins. Votes: 0

Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections. Votes: 0

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win. Votes: 0

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. Votes: 0

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections. Votes: 0

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda. Votes: 0

Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history. Votes: 0

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996. Votes: 0

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth. Votes: 0

Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way. Votes: 0

Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after. Votes: 0

The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. Votes: 0

A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations. Votes: 0

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections. Votes: 0

Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections. Votes: 0

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better. Votes: 0

Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. Votes: 0

Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections. Votes: 0

If free will exists, why do the tallest candidates with the best hair usually win elections ? Votes: 0

So few people voted in the elections [of 1996] that the ones who did were called activists. Votes: 0

Our nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty. Votes: 0

In the coming elections if you cannot decide whom to select, use the vote to reject. Votes: 0

After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water. Votes: 0

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. Votes: 0

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society. Votes: 0

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy." Votes: 0

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern. Votes: 0

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections. Votes: 0

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. Votes: 0

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling. Votes: 0

Conservative presence in the media has not been reflected in elections. Well, maybe the midterm elections of 2010, 2014. Votes: 0

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. Votes: 0

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. Votes: 0

I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have. Votes: 0

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law. Votes: 0

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. Votes: 0

The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to to turn out. Votes: 0

The government of Iran claims that every two years there are elections. But none of them are free. Votes: 0

In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections. Votes: 0

In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government. Votes: 0

Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged. Votes: 0

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s. Votes: 0

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians. Votes: 0

We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States. Votes: 0

A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come. Votes: 0

Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself. Votes: 0

It is positive that the change in Finland means a rush in the elections and not in the streets. Votes: 0

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections. Votes: 0

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. Votes: 0

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue. Votes: 0

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government. Votes: 0

Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians. Votes: 0

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. Votes: 0

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. Votes: 0

The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections. Votes: 0

We do not need an imported system for falsifying elections! We will create our own, one run by the state! Votes: 0

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party. Votes: 0

The Democrats were losing elections everywhere, except when Obama was on the ballot - and that is the racial component. Votes: 0

The Democrats were losing elections everywhere, except when Obama was on the ballot - and that is the racial component. Votes: 0

Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there. Votes: 0

You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections. Votes: 0

You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level. Votes: 0

[American Communist Party] legally exists in the U.S.A., it nominates its candidates in the elections, including Presidential elections. Votes: 0

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change. Votes: 0

There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. Votes: 0

Good luck to progressive candidates in U.S. Senate elections against the usual rich, white, racist, women-hating pricks they run against. Votes: 0

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook. Votes: 0

I am and will remain the president of all Cameroonians without exception, and the great winner in these elections is democracy Votes: 0

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. Votes: 0

This is an election of hope. It is bringing a new trust. These elections will give new strength to the nation. Votes: 0

I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics. Votes: 0

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. Votes: 0

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani. Votes: 0

Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either. Votes: 0

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? Votes: 0

I'm against very wealthy ­people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it. Votes: 0

...[O]ur Founding Fathers enshrined a constitutional separation of powers for the ages undeluded by the fantasy that angels would win elections. Votes: 0

I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections. Votes: 0

I think the air is out of the gun control balloon, and I think what popped the balloon is politics and elections. Votes: 0

I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics. Votes: 0

We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties. Votes: 0

Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are talking about inequality. Votes: 0

I'm talking about the finding in October that is public now of 17 different intelligence agencies saying Russia tried to meddle with our elections. Votes: 0

Important state legislative races and statewide elections for offices like Lt. Governor and Attorneys General are often overshadowed by gubernatorial and federal elections. Votes: 0

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. Votes: 0

The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments. Votes: 0

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey. Votes: 0

Finally, it occurs to me that the biggest problem with our elections is that however you vote, you wind up electing a politician. Votes: 0

These elections won't be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity. Votes: 0

In the midterm elections, a 102-year-old woman voted for the first time in a U.S. election. Unfortunately, she voted for Woodrow Wilson. Votes: 0

I know how important voting and elections are. But everybody know that life is going to be life regardless of who is president. Votes: 0

If liberals think they are losing elections because of the conservative bias in the media, they may as well give up right now. Votes: 0

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team. Votes: 0

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there is some fraudulent act. Votes: 0

The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible. Votes: 0

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that. Votes: 0

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. Votes: 0

One thing Republicans understand: In American elections, you have to choose from among only two people - not between the perfect and the good. Votes: 0

I supported my friend Congressman Shuler over former Speaker Nancy Pelosi during our party's leadership elections in November citing a need for new leadership. Votes: 0

Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks. Votes: 0

Hundreds of social networks and websites such as Facebook and Twitter are trying to weaken people's morale and decrease their participation in the elections. Votes: 0

In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans. Votes: 0

As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics. Votes: 0

Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better. Votes: 0

Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections Votes: 0

I don't do jokes about elections so that's probably why it went okay for me, except for the crazy people that are hate-crime people. Votes: 0

One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas. Votes: 0

General Wesley Clark commented on Gore endorsing Howard Dean. He said endorsements don't win elections. Hey, in this country, votes don't even win elections. Votes: 0

And if we were another country being analyzed by America, we would conclude that this country is ripe for stealing elections and for fraud. Votes: 0

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam. Votes: 0

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. Votes: 0

The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections, Votes: 0

The Zimbabwean people, like everyone else, have a right to live in freedom and prosperity and to select their leaders through fair and democratic elections. Votes: 0

As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the alternative: taxpayer-financed elections. Votes: 0

For the ANC to cry 'sabotage' the night before crucial local government elections shows just how desperate they are to disguise their incompetence and mismanagement. Votes: 0

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else. Votes: 0

The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections. Votes: 0

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials. Votes: 0

Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs. Votes: 0

I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything. Votes: 0

The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be able to buy elections. Votes: 0

Much to popular disbelief, horses walking around during the elections with their tails straight up in the air are not showing off their Bush/Quale buttons. Votes: 0

I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class. Votes: 0

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. ... History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse. Votes: 0

As a whole, the election process before the election and on the day of election was successful, and I think Azerbaijan had normal and democratic elections, Votes: 0

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up. Votes: 0

We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept them. Votes: 0

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around. Votes: 0

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy. Votes: 0

We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election process in our country. Votes: 0

Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections. Votes: 0

Whenever any group can vote in a bloc, and decide the outcome of elections, and it fails to do this, then that group is politically sick. Votes: 0

Nevertheless, I don't hesitate to say that elections in Germany are decided in the center, not on the fringes and not in the accumulation of minority interests. Votes: 0

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections. Votes: 0

For Vladimir Putin to be trying to impact our elections, that - we have to - there has to be - he has to be held accountable. Votes: 0

There are two phases of the redeployment of the Israeli forces in the West Bank: One, to allow elections. Second, after the elections, to help further redeployment. Votes: 0

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death. Votes: 0

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe. Votes: 0

History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor indicators of broader trends or future general election outcomes. Votes: 0

There's issue of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests and Wall Street are trying to buy elections.Those are the issues that are resonating. Votes: 0

I think the age of the modern media campaign has created a new icon, the celebrity-in-chief. Political elections have become wars fought by candidates with opposing values. Votes: 0

A citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more than rituals. Votes: 0

In 2002, a lot of the pundits didn't get the off-year elections right. In 2004, a lot of people thought I was going down eight days before the election. Votes: 0

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections. Votes: 0

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game. Votes: 0

The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president? Votes: 0

You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. If you want to know how legislation is made it doesn't come from elections. Votes: 0

If Democrats want to start winning elections in this country, they're going to have to start connecting with voters as well as I connect with my fans. Votes: 0

We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things; it tells China, it tells Iran. That would be terrible. Votes: 0

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are by nature looking for change. Votes: 0

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. Votes: 0

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians. Votes: 0

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about. Votes: 0

[Leftists] have all these embeds in their bureaucracy and in the judiciary. So even when they lose elections they have ample positions of power occupied by career invisibles. Votes: 0

I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president. Votes: 0

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now. Votes: 0

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. Votes: 0

India's national elections are really an aggregate of thirty different state elections, each influenced by its own local considerations, regional political currents, and different patterns of political incumbency. Votes: 0

A lot of our so-called Latino leaders are gutless. I talk to these cry-baby Latino leaders, and they say they can't win elections until Latinos are a majority. Votes: 0

Universal, equal, direct and secret elections in the U.S.S.R. will be a whip in the hands of the population against poorly functioning organs of government. Votes: 0

Democrats are not a national party. They have lost governorships, state legislatures, mayoralties. They have lost 1,500 seats since elections, 2010, '12, '14, it's been devastating. And it's all Obama. Votes: 0

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. Votes: 0

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy. Votes: 0

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections. Votes: 0

Why will our elections be universal?Because all citizens, excluding those deprived of vote by court, will have the right to vote and the right to be elected. Votes: 0

When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set. Votes: 0

Democrats are not a national party. They have lost governorships, state legislatures, mayoralties. They have lost 1,500 seats since elections, 2010, '12, '14, it's been devastating. And it's all Obama. Votes: 0

When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law. Votes: 0

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress. Votes: 0

When I was a boy during Thatcher, you watched elections and wept in disbelief as the whole country turned blue, Scotland turned red, and we still got the Tories. Votes: 0

I have a dreadful feeling in my bones that future historians may write of the May 2014 elections: "This was the wake-up call from which Europe failed to wake up. Votes: 0

All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things. Votes: 0

Direct elections on the spot to all representative organs, up to the supreme organ, are a better guarantee of the interests of the working population of our boundless country. Votes: 0

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections. Votes: 0

But all should know that the people's participation in the elections will take the country forward ... an election full of excitement will be a major blow to the enemy. Votes: 0

In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money systems in Maine and Arizona. Votes: 0

It was just revealed that Donald Trump hasn't voted in primary elections in over 20 years. Or in simpler terms, Trump hasn't voted in primary elections in over three wives. Votes: 0

If you once cede to the Court the power to decide elections, let alone even the power to halt counting of the votes, then you have ceded it everything. Votes: 0

Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know. Votes: 0

You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections. Votes: 0

The 2014 elections are not about winning or losing, but of ensuring a bright future for India. It is about sowing the seeds for a 'Bhavya' and a 'Divya Bharat'. Votes: 0

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success. Votes: 0

In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves. Votes: 0

After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of the usual distractions from a dismal presidential record. Votes: 0

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. Votes: 0

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting. Votes: 0

Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader. Votes: 0

It is not easy to fight elections with a development motto and I am glad people of Gujarat rose above personal and emotional tangles and prioritized development over everything else. Votes: 0

Oh, I think the biggest lesson in Wisconsin is that 60 percent of the people do not believe that recall elections were proper for policy differences, short of some criminal offense. Votes: 0

I reassure all Nigerians and the international community of our firm commitment to free, fair and credible elections. My commitment to free elections and one man, one vote remains unwavering. Votes: 0

Anybody from the public can come in and observe ballots being processed and those votes being counted in elections officials' offices in any county in any state in the nation. Votes: 0

In the United States 95% of the people who win elections have the most money. That's it. So, money is a big part of elections. But that happens all the time. Votes: 0

The state sovereignty is key here in the Electoral College - and if you're going to start divvying up the power of each state's elections, you are destroying state sovereignty. Votes: 0

The state sovereignty is key here in the Electoral College - and if you're going to start divvying up the power of each state's elections, you are destroying state sovereignty. Votes: 0

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. Votes: 0

[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years. Votes: 0

I voted for Justice Breyer and Justice Ginsburg. Not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated. Votes: 0

We have seen voters denied their rights in recent elections as they have been incorrectly purged from lists, their absentee votes not counted, and voting machine integrity and security not assured. Votes: 0

As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans do better when the defining issue is national security. Votes: 0

My mom was always active. She was always an active voter, whether it was local, state, or federal elections. My mom would take us to polling locations when we were kids. Votes: 0

I think Matt Yglesias is wrong to declare that the world of 'This Town' is dying, unless he thinks publicly financed elections, strict lobbying bans and Scandinavian-style wealth distribution are imminent. Votes: 0

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here. Votes: 0

The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening. Votes: 0

Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded elections with billions of oily petrodollars from carbon tycoons. Votes: 0

I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections. Votes: 0

They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down. Votes: 0

We have free elections. Everybody can vote, we fought for that, we brag about that and we know we're going to have a winner and we're going to have a loser. Votes: 0

You can track elections by who was playing that president on 'SNL' at that time. There's the theory that the more likable or charismatic impression would help get the president elected. Votes: 0

On Dec. 1, 1948, after the triumph of the revolution, which insured the final victory of the will of the people expressed through elections, President Jose Figueres abolished the army in my country. Votes: 0

I'm an intellectual Thatcherite, just as I was an intellectual Powellite, and I think it important that the Conservative party should be in good hands and that it should win elections. Votes: 0

Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote. Votes: 0

Though pundits and politicians, weary of the story, are happy to omit facts about voting systems and their private contractors running our public elections, such omissions impair voters and democracy itself. Votes: 0

Finally, in 1954 [Ho Chi Minh] agreed to the Geneva Agreement, which divided the country temporarily into two zones, in the hope that national elections might unify the country under his leadership. Votes: 0

The winner of the elections which saw the participation of almsot 30 million people was the Iranian nation and the losers were those who tried to keep people away from the polls. Votes: 0

President Bush is going to establish elections there in Iraq. He's going to rebuild the infrastructure. He's going to create jobs. He said if it works there, he'll try it here. Votes: 0

We thought New York City was home to 8 million rats. Turns out, that's a little high. The actual number is 2 million rats. That explains the light turnout for the midterm elections. Votes: 0

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country. Votes: 0

In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy. Votes: 0

The only logical solution to solve the Palestinian issue is to hold free elections with the participation of Palestinians inside and outside the occupied territories and a recognition of the nation's legitimacy Votes: 0

Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970. Votes: 0

Incumbent White House parties have won 10 of the last 18 presidential elections; the odds are tight, but they favor Obama in 2012. And so gloomy Democrats, check your despair; gleeful Republicans, watch the hubris. Votes: 0

America must begin the struggle for democracy at home. The advocacy of free elections in Europe by American officials is hypocrisy when free elections are not held in great sections of America. Votes: 0

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country. Votes: 0

I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country? Votes: 0

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy. Votes: 0

If we want to really reduce foreign influence on our elections, then we better think about how to make sure that our political process, our political dialogue is stronger than it's been. Votes: 0

I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them. Votes: 0

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted. Votes: 0

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted. Votes: 0

So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters. Votes: 0

Talabani and Al-Maliki want to keep their seats for ever. Talabani forgets that the side which brought him to power was the United States and it brought him by rigging the elections. Votes: 0

The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed. Votes: 0

I think we bring together that broad coalition including Russia to help us destroy ISIS and work on a timetable to get rid of Assad, hopefully through Democratic elections. First priority, destroy ISIS. Votes: 0

As is always the case with American presidential elections, nobody's talking about the fact that the empire will be ruled from Washington, and foreign policy has just not been on anybody's screen, unfortunately. Votes: 0

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. Votes: 0

There's no question that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta completely about elections that were supposed to be held immediately in Poland, and Eastern Europe was plunged into slavery as a consequence. Votes: 0

Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved F in any freshman economics (or earth science) class. Votes: 0

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions. Votes: 0

We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us. Votes: 0

Energy use, transportation options, food choices, water use, purchasing choices, participating in elections, volunteering for nonprofits . . . and within each of these categories, each of us can learn to live a more conscious life. Votes: 0

The whole thing about elections in Liberia - it's not about the way you take care of people, it's not about the heart, it's about education, according to the perception of some people. Votes: 0

In elections in Iceland, I have always been an abstainer. It seems like politics is such a small bundle of self-important people, who don't have much to do with things I'm interested in. Votes: 0

With super PACs, we've seen voter turnout go up; interest in elections rise; and the number of competitive races increase. The campaigns of 2010 and 2012 have been more issue-oriented than their predecessors, not less. Votes: 0

Power to the Democrats is an entitlement, elections are a formality, and they should never lose. And especially to somebody like Donald Trump, who they think is a reprobate and a horrible guy. Votes: 0

Power to the Democrats is an entitlement, elections are a formality, and they should never lose. And especially to somebody like Donald Trump, who they think is a reprobate and a horrible guy. Votes: 0

The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections don't fully reflect the views of the American population. Votes: 0

My policy is trust, peace, and to put aside the bayonet. I do not think the wise policy is to decide contested elections in the States by the use of the national army. Votes: 0

I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions. Votes: 0

John Prescott has made the government look greedy and ridiculous. Labour is seen as the corrupt party. The government has been fulfilling the old rule that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them. Votes: 0

When it comes to politics and elections, far too many Christians spend more time appealing to family, history and tradition, culture, racial expediency, and personal preference than they do to what the Bible teaches. Votes: 0

What we have, what we wish we had - ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost - these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us. Votes: 0

When my party won the elections convincingly on February 18th, 2008, we immediately reached out to other parties to form broad-based coalitions of national unity in the National Assembly and in the four provincial assemblies. Votes: 0

What I would advise, what I advised before the election, and what I will continue to advise after the election, is that elections matter; voting matters; organizing matters; being informed on the issues matter. Votes: 0

I am delighted at Des's support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our South East conference. Votes: 0

Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world. Votes: 0

The Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really know what happened to the Democrats until they find the black box. Votes: 0

In 2009, Hamas was relatively new to power. It had won elections just three years earlier and was flexing its newfound strength via a war with its old enemy, Israel, which it officially wants destroyed. Votes: 0

I may be a little old-fashioned, but I actually believe that if you live and work in our house and you work on our payroll and you take oaths, then integrity matters in elections. Votes: 0

It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994. Votes: 0

Well I haven't seen any free elections in the Arab world. They may be coming someday, except for in Israel. In Israel, Arabs have a chance to participate in free elections. Nowhere else really. Votes: 0

There's a guy in California who was voting 24 years after he died. I mean, so to suggest to us that people who are concerned about honest elections are somehow nutty, I think, is a mistake. Votes: 0

In Russia an authoritarian leader is running the country. You can't fight Putin with elections because he controls them. That's why demonstrations are the most effective approach. Unfortunately Russia has sunk to this primitive level. Votes: 0

The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in. Votes: 0

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board. Votes: 0

When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We are still fighting not for election victories but for having elections at all. Votes: 0

You know, there is a long tradition in the U.S. of, um, promoting elections up to the point that you get an outcome you don't like. Look at Latin America in the Cold War. Votes: 0

Democracy is one person, one vote and a full discussion of the issues that affect us. Oligarchy is billionaires buying elections, voter suppression and a concentrated corporate media determining what we see, hear and read. Votes: 0

First then, it is apparent, horribly apparent, that the slavery question rides insolently over every other everywhere - in fact that is the only question which in the least affects the results of the elections. Votes: 0

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. Votes: 0

The ANC is very concerned (about shedding votes), hence they are pinning their hopes that those rogue elements will run the elections, so rigging will be on the high. There is no doubt about that Votes: 0

[Barack] Obama won two elections but certainly the first one not because people wanted that agenda of his. He never told them what his agenda was. Not as it played out. Obama was something other. Votes: 0

How about this John Kerry controversy? So he's out there in California, tells some kind of joke and it backfires. He's saying he botched the joke. ... This guy can lose elections he's not even in. Votes: 0

There are many refugees, if not more refugees inside the country than outside the country. There is also the question of working to aid us at the present moment when we are campaigning for elections. Votes: 0

If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference. Votes: 0

We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail. Votes: 0