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title: "5 National Elections Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perlstein/as-a-general-rule-of-thumb-democrats-do-better-in-national-elections/)

[Rick Perlstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perlstein/)

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> [National elections have to be fought on who can ensure better national security, who can give us a sound economic system... ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-shah/national-elections-have-to-be-fought-on-who-can-ensure-better/)

[Amit Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-shah/)

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> [India's national elections are really an aggregate of thirty different state elections, each influenced by its own local considerations, regional political currents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shashi-tharoor/india-s-national-elections-are-really-an-aggregate-of-thirty/)

[Shashi Tharoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shashi-tharoor/)

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> [In that first national election after 9/11 in France, Jean-Marine Le Pen did not win the presidency, but he did get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/in-that-first-national-election-after-9-11-in-france-jean-marine-le/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/rachel-maddow-1240_calling_in-that-first-national-election-after-9_2010640.png)

> [In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/in-some-countries-that-are-darlings-of-the-west-like-egypt-everyone/)

[Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/stephen-kinzer-2514_advance_in-some-countries-that-are-darlings-of-t_2853654.jpg)

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