Democracy Quote by Jessica Tarlov

In fundamental ways, the 2016 Democratic primary has been a litigation of the Obama years, and of whether the president's 2008 campaign vow of…

— Joy Reid

Rather than embracing mainstream, majority-held positions, 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have made it exceedingly clear that they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of…

— Kayleigh McEnany

Stoking white fear and resentment works well enough to energize a powerful electoral coalition and secure critical victories, and unless Democrats can push back…

— Jamelle Bouie

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've got to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election.

— Jeb Bush

I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down…

— Glenn Danzig

One of the things that happens that's challenging within the democratic process is that people say, 'Look at this failure, so we should totally…

— Reid Hoffman

A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.

— Raymond Kelly

2018 is a horrendous cycle for Democrats. For starters they have to defend 5 seats in states Barack Obama lost either 2008, 2012 or both.

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that the world…

— J. D. Vance

The good thing about having a Republican primary is that the voters will decide our nominee - unlike the Democrats.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

The problem with the Democratic Party is, we're like, 'If we just get another presidential candidate in there, everything will be OK.' We should…

— Eric Garcetti