Against Quote by Ron Fournier

Incumbents rarely face major primary challengers. Those who even get one do so because they're not beloved within at least part of their party.

— Harry Enten

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

— Danny Strong

Time and again a close election leads to hand-wringing about the need for Electoral College reform; time and again, politicians and parties respond to…

— Ross Douthat

I think the interesting thing about elections, as someone who has run through a couple of them, is that people are so busy in…

— Michelle Wu

There are many factors that go into House races, including challenger quality, money spent, and whether or not the incumbent is running for re-election.

— Harry Enten

Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections.

— Jacob Weisberg

I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

— James Baker

Voter fraud especially matters when elections are close.

— Mercedes Schlapp

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

— Charles M. Blow

And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in…

— Jim Bolger

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide…

— Bob McDonnell

People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no…

— Dennis Kucinich