Democracy Quote by George Will

Politics abhors a vacuum.

— Max Baucus

The worth of a politics comes from its application to all, and I think part of why so many have lost faith in politics…

— Zohran Mamdani

When a party loses a national election to someone such as President Trump, it's time to rethink everything.

— Bill de Blasio

Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void.

— Jerry Brown

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

— Killer Mike

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which…

— James Wolcott

Parties don't lose overnight, there is a gradual erosion of their base and electoral machine, which leads to sometimes cataclysmic defeat.

— John McDonnell

The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's…

— Sam Tanenhaus

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

— Mehbooba Mufti

I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.

— William S. Burroughs

A lot of people have the expectation that politicians shouldn't just disappear into the woodwork even if they didn't win the election.

— Nicole Seah

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.

— James Bovard