Quotes About Representation

Because so many voters happen to be illiterate, India invented the party symbol, so that voters who could not read the name of their candidate could vote for him or her anyway by recognizing the symbol under which they campaigned.

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

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

I do think you need to listen to the voters.

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

It's about going to where your voters are.

In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.

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

What the voters want to know is who is going to get out there, fight for them, and deal with the income gap that exists in the nation today.

I will be sent back to Washington, D.C., with the grace of God and all the Alaskan voters out there because all Alaskans have asked me to go back and continue my service.

I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.

The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.

Anger is just not who I am, and I don't think it's what voters in the 6th district want. They want respectful, decent representation that contrasts so starkly with what we have in Washington.

I try to appeal to all Kentucky voters, regardless of gender, about the future of state.

I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the federal budget. Nobody, I think, sees that or would agree with that.

Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.

It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.

You've got to get out and talk to voters, and you've got to let them know who you are. Talk with them, listen to them, and let them know how you're going to fight for them.

We need candidates who are able to reach out to young voters, women voters.

I do believe Hong Kong's 5 million eligible voters want the chance to elect their chief executive.

When you're not sure what your constituents want, if you have a more conservative approach, or you have a wait-and-see approach - boy, voters were pretty clear about what they expect.

It's not a big deal for me to be leader of the Green Party. It is a big deal for me to represent the voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands.