Elections Quotes · Page 12

Elections come and go, people win and lose, that is part of politics. It doesn't anyway change things on the ground.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help.

— William M. Daley

Voter identification tends to solidify after a new generation votes consecutively for the same party in three presidential elections.

— Margaret Hoover

I enjoy getting to know the candidates in state and local contests in a way that only midterm and off-year elections allow.

— Harry Enten

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

— Ronnie Musgrove

If I were a Democrat, I'd centralize power in Washington by nationalizing our elections. It wouldn't be enough to hold all three…

— Lauren Boebert

Yes, the United States deserves criticism for meddling in other elections, but that doesn't mean that we should give foreign nationals the…

— Ana Kasparian

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Midterms behave very differently than presidential elections. Midterms, for a federal candidate, often times are a referendum on the president, where in…

— Mike Coffman

Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that…

— Barack Obama

The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American…

— Eric Garcetti

Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections…

— Aslan Maskhadov

The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the…

— Ted Cruz

China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries each pose a threat to our elections, and the Trump administration seeks to counter all of…

— Robert C. O'Brien

Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving…

— Pankaj Mishra

The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which…

— Robin Hayes

I'm going to take part in the elections, not just as a candidate but as a mouthpiece for those who can't become…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Here in Maine, we know that the system of special interests influencing elections runs contrary to our democratic values.

— Sara Gideon

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

— Narendra Modi

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

— Anonymous

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

— Joshua Micah Marshall

Free and fair elections have again demonstrated that Jammu and Kashmir is part of India, and the people want to remain with…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

— Bernie Sanders

“Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Development: Surpassing leaders progress advancely from a lower to a higher state of leadership through leading…

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Be informed, ask questions, band together with your community, and fight at the local level. And make sure you take your local…

— Erin Brockovich

“Political impotence is finished. Today is the beginning of the orgasm. All the people, I promise you, will feel the orgasm of…

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

It was only on sympathy wave had KCR won the elections in 2014 and became the chief minister.

— Vijayashanti

Venezuelans need free and fair presidential elections leading to democracy and economic recovery, not Maduro's expensive deals with another pariah state.

— Morgan Ortagus

“Today is elections day and I am stepping out to help write a chapter that will form a part of my unborn…

— Precious Kerme

I hear a lot about parents in Belarus who decided to give up on schools which were used to forge elections during…

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But…

— Larry King

Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so long against the incumbent - are…

— Ron Fournier

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

— Anonymous

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

— Viktor Yushchenko

Elections are always a Rorschach test - people look at the results and see what they want to see.

— Anne Applebaum

I have campaigned only once in the elections, for Vinod Khanna in Gurdaspur, but that was not as a party member but…

— Rishi Kapoor

“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I was born in India... Gujarat. I am an Indian! And India is a democratic country, anyone can stand for elections. I…

— Paresh Rawal

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new…

— Al Sharpton

We were, in a way, out-marketed because we couldn't really compete with the BJP that went into elections under Mr Modi.

— Sonia Gandhi