Campaigns Quote by Jeb Bush

Candidates are up one day, down the other. Candidates' fortunes turn on a dime. They can be determined by a good or bad debate…

— Ana Navarro

Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates.

— Chris Christie

I think a primary always makes the other candidate a better candidate because you're battle-tested and you have to think in ways that other…

— Nancy Pelosi

In this way, there is a strange alchemy to modern campaigning: a candidate must highlight the urgency of the choice facing voters and suggest…

— Alex Wagner

“The primary elections are the cornerstones of the plebiscitary presidency. They strip away the veneer of party unity and expose the individuality of each…

— Stephen Skowronek

Primary voters can get confused between candidates whose ideology is very similar, so they look to the party elders.

— Harry Enten

What does seem to matter for winning a primary is when candidates get into the race compared with their competitors.

— Harry Enten

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views…

— Thomas Sowell

We need a wide variety of ways for voters to get a good look at our candidates.

— Hillary Clinton

Typically, the view of party leaders is that primaries are best avoided. Better to coalesce around a consensus candidate early, help that candidate amass…

— Steve Kornacki

I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some…

— Mike Pence

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

— Barack Obama