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title: "16 Presidential Elections Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Presidential Elections quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Presidential Elections sayings and thoughts."
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> [My opinion of presidential elections are - they need to be about the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-burgum/my-opinion-of-presidential-elections-are-they-need-to-be-about-the/)

[Doug Burgum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-burgum/)

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> [In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/in-presidential-elections-i-think-people-focus-way-too-much-on/)

[Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/)

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> [In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-estrich/in-most-presidential-elections-the-taller-candidate-wins/)

[Susan Estrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-estrich/)

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> [Voter identification tends to solidify after a new generation votes consecutively for the same party in three presidential elections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-hoover/voter-identification-tends-to-solidify-after-a-new-generation-votes/)

[Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-hoover/)

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> [My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ksenia-sobchak/my-participation-in-the-presidential-elections-can-truly-be-a-step-on/)

[Ksenia Sobchak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ksenia-sobchak/)

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> [Favorite-son candidates almost always win their states decisively in presidential elections. But their status as national celebrities can end up breeding fatigue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-kornacki/favorite-son-candidates-almost-always-win-their-states-decisively-in/)

[Steve Kornacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-kornacki/)

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> [Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/presidential-elections-always-turn-on-personalities-they-turn-on-how/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [As is always the case with American presidential elections, nobody's talking about the fact that the empire will be ruled from Washington,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-khalidi/as-is-always-the-case-with-american-presidential-elections-nobody-s/)

[Rashid Khalidi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashid-khalidi/)

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> [Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/federal-elections-happen-every-two-years-in-this-country-presidential/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

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> [The Brexit vote, the presidential elections in the U.S., a number of the other regional political movements - that's not a flash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-gorman/the-brexit-vote-the-presidential-elections-in-the-u-s-a-number-of-the/)

[James P. Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-p-gorman/)

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> [It seems to me that our presidential elections have turned more into a popularity contest than a real analysis about who really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-strong/it-seems-to-me-that-our-presidential-elections-have-turned-more-into/)

[Danny Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-strong/)

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> [Midterms behave very differently than presidential elections. Midterms, for a federal candidate, often times are a referendum on the president, where in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-coffman/midterms-behave-very-differently-than-presidential-elections-midterms/)

[Mike Coffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-coffman/)

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> [“only Mubarak could stand for presidential election on a yes or no vote. Elections were more of a selection process since most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiso-m-george/only-mubarak-could-stand-for-presidential-election-on-a-yes-or-no/)

[Amiso M. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amiso-m-george/)

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> [The pattern of American presidential elections is that the more optimistic candidate, whether it's John Kennedy and let's get America moving again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-pattern-of-american-presidential-elections-is-that-the-more/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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> [Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The natural thing would be to suggest money on the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/barack-obama-was-elected-president-in-2008-and-re-elected-in-2012-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [From 1976, Judy to 1996, we had six presidential elections. And it was run under the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/from-1976-judy-to-1996-we-had-six-presidential-elections-and-it-was/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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