Campaigning Quote by Michel Martelly

It's a mandate for you to do in office what you said you would do on the campaign trail.

— Karl Rove

From the point of view of legislation of the Constitution, my mandate has been given by my constituency. So it's only my constituency that…

— Ilya Ponomarev

We spent the election campaign really canvassing where we were as a nation, deciding who had the mandate to change that up going forward.…

— Jacinda Ardern

If I'm president, we're not going to have people dying on the streets. I don't call it a mandate, I just say it's common…

— Donald Trump

I made it clear that I can run a positive campaign and do it better.

— Jon Ossoff

Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of…

— Ron Fournier

Well the first thing I want to say is mandate, my ass... We've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters is actually a…

— Gil Scott-Heron

What happens outside of the campaign is outside of my control.

— Ron Johnson

My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.

— Claire McCaskill

My election results speak to my level of service.

— Darryl Glenn

If I don't deliver a majority mandate in 2019, fire me.

— Kevin O'Leary

Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was…

— Lincoln Chafee