Activist Quote by Kate Clinton

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If…

— Jennifer Pahlka

There are people who don't vote for a lot of reasons, sometimes as a statement.

— Trent Lott

Too many people fought too hard to make sure all citizens of all colors, races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities can vote to think that…

— Luis Gutierrez

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

— Al Gore

For too many years, those eligible to vote in primary or general elections did not bother to do so. Those sensible centrists who do…

— Christine Todd Whitman

People are not afraid to be activists, to be vocal. And I think back to my years in college, and that wasn't the case.

— Jesmyn Ward

“they were, it is now obvious, a tiny minority, who had neither the ruthless political skills nor the popular support they needed to triumph.…

— John R. Bradley

In the U.S., it's all about turnout, which means you have to appeal to every single Democrat to get them to vote.

— Harper Reed

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work…

— Jeff Miller

Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.

— Michelle Obama

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when…

— Paul Farmer

In the US, voters cast ballots for individual candidates who are not bound to any party program except rhetorically, and not always then. Some…

— Ben Bagdikian