--- title: "9 Electors Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Electors quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Electors sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/lawrence-lessig-3201_constitution_winner-take-all-does-not-exist-in-the-co_3207777.png" --- > [Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-lessig/winner-take-all-does-not-exist-in-the-constitution-it-s-a-restriction/) [Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-lessig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/lawrence-lessig-3201_constitution_winner-take-all-does-not-exist-in-the-co_3207777.png) > [Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/who-are-to-be-the-electors-of-the-federal-representatives-not-the/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/james-madison-373_poor_who-are-to-be-the-electors-of-the-federa_2709071.png) > [The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-british-electors-will-not-vote-for-a-man-who-does-not-wear-a-hat/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_british_the-british-electors-will-not-vote-for-a_548133.jpg) > [There's no reason for the electors to overrule the popular choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-lessig/there-s-no-reason-for-the-electors-to-overrule-the-popular-choice/) [Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-lessig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/lawrence-lessig-3201_choices_there-s-no-reason-for-the-electors-to-ov_2514645.png) > [ \[Donald\] Trump lost two electors, Hillary \[Clinton\] lost five. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/donald-trump-lost-two-electors-hillary-clinton-lost-five/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/rush-limbaugh-28_clinton_donald-trump-lost-two-electors-hillary-c_3197959.jpg) > [“It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhimrao-ramji-ambedkar/it-is-not-enough-to-be-electors-only-it-is-necessary-to-be-law-makers/) [Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhimrao-ramji-ambedkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/bhimrao-ramji-ambedkar-33496_democracy_it-is-not-enough-to-be-electors-only-it_88580.jpg) > [The people participate in votes in their states to choose electors to elect the president, but the people don't elect the president.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-knowles/the-people-participate-in-votes-in-their-states-to-choose-electors-to/) [Michael J. Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-knowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/michael-j-knowles-5892_democracy_the-people-participate-in-votes-in-their_353633.jpg) > [Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/presidents-cannot-always-kick-evil-minded-persons-out-of-the-front/) [Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/herbert-hoover-1115_doors_presidents-cannot-always-kick-evil-minde_1255971.jpg) > [I trust my electors. I see them in weekly meetings. I'm their advocate, I'm there to take up their case. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-rees-mogg/i-trust-my-electors-i-see-them-in-weekly-meetings-i-m-their-advocate/) [Jacob Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-rees-mogg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/jacob-rees-mogg-5991_bad_i-trust-my-electors-i-see-them-in-weekly_1478800.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electors/#itemlist", "name": "Electors Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. 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