Quotes About Politics

The GOP cannot expect to win the presidency in the future by simply relying on running up big numbers with white voters.

When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of lowering the level of discourse in a presidential debate, suggesting that such a discussion is unworthy of consideration by voters.

Catholics are every bit as diverse as any other sort of voters out there, with conservative Democrats and moderates.

As the 2016 presidential race kicks off, candidates on both sides of the aisle are promising to stand up for the middle class. Voters deserve to know that anyone who champions Obamacare cannot honestly say she or he is also a champion of middle-class Americans.

It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country.

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.

When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'

I think what is important, whether you are Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, is to embrace and own your identity. I think that's not political. That's good in life, and it certainly is the best way to be when you are running for office. If you don't do that, the voters will see through it.

I shudder to think what Republican presidential contenders will say in a 2016 primary to win over voters who think Eric Cantor isn't conservative enough.

It used to be that you could have fun with interviews with the foreign press, knowing that nothing you said would make it back to any voters until long after the election was over, if ever.

To bolster his right flank and attract women voters, John McCain had cynically opted for a running mate who was, by any stretch of the imagination, unqualified for a position a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.

I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job.

I'm never going to become an expert on how you get delegates. I think what you've got to do is follow the will of voters.

Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

You can get elected to Congress without ever talking to black voters at all, and I think that's bad for the party.

That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never - even when you're running against a bunch of racists, you never take off against the voters. It was a politics 101 foible.

Particularly in the South, efforts continue to be made to deny blacks access to the polls, even where blacks constitute the majority of the voters.

Hillary Clinton needs the single ladies' vote. I call them 'The Beyonce Voters' - the single ladies.

I'm going to support the candidate that the voters chose. The voters get to choose who's best to represent them.

Telling people more about yourself and distinguishing yourself from your opponent - they're both essential parts of communicating with voters.