Polls Quotes

235 quotes by 195 authors

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we're desperate for an objective rendering of what is… — John Podhoretz
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats,… — Lucy Powell
Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be. — Dennis Prager
Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. — J. B. Priestley
Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. — Dan Rather
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country. — Feisal Abdul Rauf
You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research. — Nancy Reagan
Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit… — Marco Rubio
I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be. — Paul Ryan
Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls. — Al Sharpton
I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system. — Sargent Shriver
Any one game in baseball doesn't tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn't tell you that much. — Nate Silver
I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil. — Nate Silver
Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if… — Nate Silver
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected. — Lech Walesa
There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do… — Bob Woodward
In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector. — Geoff Mulgan
What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very opposite of ownership… — Tom Robbins
I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong. — George W. Bush
We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity… — Peggy Noonan

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