--- title: "8 Americans Voted Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Americans Voted quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Americans Voted sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/masha-gessen-2322_americans_i-think-donald-trump-was-brought-to-powe_160543.png" --- > [I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-think-donald-trump-was-brought-to-power-by-americans-they-voted-for/) [Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/masha-gessen-2322_americans_i-think-donald-trump-was-brought-to-powe_160543.png) > [We Americans only voted for George Bush to prove to the British that Americans understand irony. Unfortunately, it kinda backfired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-capurro/we-americans-only-voted-for-george-bush-to-prove-to-the-british-that/) [Scott Capurro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-capurro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/scott-capurro-81712_america_we-americans-only-voted-for-george-bush_349146.png) > [Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and generally it's a mistake to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-hillary-clinton-many/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/anne-applebaum-2544_america_though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-h_1887603.png) > [Americans voted for Trump in 2016 precisely because he is a pit bull, a barbarian, a gun-slinger they hired to fight the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-devine/americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precisely-because-he-is-a-pit-bull/) [Miranda Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-devine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/miranda-devine-5684_common-sense_americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precis_1973221.jpg) > [I'm not responding to any of the personal attacks that come from Donald Trump, because he can say whatever he wants about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-personal-attacks-that-come-from/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/hillary-clinton-51_doe_i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-persona_2037064.jpg) > [Americans voted for Trump. A lot of people in this country feel the system of representative democracy hasn't worked for them for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-people-in-this-country-feel-the/) [Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/masha-gessen-2322_americans_americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-peopl_2573689.png) > [I would flip this the other way and say over 90 percent of African-Americans voted against Donald Trump.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/i-would-flip-this-the-other-way-and-say-over-90-percent-of-african/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/ta-nehisi-coates-733_african-american_i-would-flip-this-the-other-way-and-say_2818449.png) > [Again and again, Americans have voted for a president to keep them out of a war, only to see the "peace" candidate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/again-and-again-americans-have-voted-for-a-president-to-keep-them-out/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/howard-zinn-576_again-and-again_again-and-again-americans-have-voted-for_2892512.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans-voted/#itemlist", "name": "Americans Voted Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. 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The US is doing relatively well, the economy has significantly recovered since 2008, unemployment rates are low. I would say rather that his appeal to the working class was cultural: \"I'll bring back the kinds of jobs your fathers had,\" and, by implication, the whiter, simpler post-war world when America had no real economic competition.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Applebaum" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-hillary-clinton-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/anne-applebaum-2544_america_though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-h_1887603.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/anne-applebaum-2544_america_though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-h_1887603.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/anne-applebaum-2544_america_though-the-poorest-americans-voted-for-h_1887603.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and…” — Anne Applebaum", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Americans voted for Trump in 2016 precisely because he is a pit bull, a barbarian, a gun-slinger they hired to fight the dirty left, drain the swamp, bring back their jobs from China and stand up for the flag, family and common sense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miranda Devine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-devine/americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precisely-because-he-is-a-pit-bull/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/miranda-devine-5684_common-sense_americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precis_1973221.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/miranda-devine-5684_common-sense_americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precis_1973221.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/miranda-devine-5684_common-sense_americans-voted-for-trump-in-2016-precis_1973221.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Americans voted for Trump in 2016 precisely because he is a pit bull, a barbarian, a gun-slinger they hired…” — Miranda Devine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not responding to any of the personal attacks that come from Donald Trump, because he can say whatever he wants about me, and I have more votes than he does as we sit here today. More Americans have voted for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hillary Clinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-personal-attacks-that-come-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/hillary-clinton-51_doe_i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-persona_2037064.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/hillary-clinton-51_doe_i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-persona_2037064.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/hillary-clinton-51_doe_i-m-not-responding-to-any-of-the-persona_2037064.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not responding to any of the personal attacks that come from Donald Trump, because he can say whatever…” — Hillary Clinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Americans voted for Trump. A lot of people in this country feel the system of representative democracy hasn't worked for them for a long, long time. And those are the issues that this election gives us an unfortunate opportunity to engage with. And engaging instead with the Russia conspiracy takes up that bandwidth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Masha Gessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-people-in-this-country-feel-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/masha-gessen-2322_americans_americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-peopl_2573689.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/masha-gessen-2322_americans_americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-peopl_2573689.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/masha-gessen-2322_americans_americans-voted-for-trump-a-lot-of-peopl_2573689.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Americans voted for Trump. 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