Quotes About Votes

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Come prepared because you don't want to dilute the votes out there because you are uninformed and you're spoon-fed something that's inaccurate, or you don't even bother to equip yourself with the facts - anybody out there, this goes for everyone.

Democracy only has substance if there's the rule of law. That is, if people believe that the votes are going to be counted, and they are counted. If they believe that there's a judiciary out there that will make sense of things if there's some challenge. If there isn't rule of law, people will be afraid to vote the way they want to vote.

What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me, but I would like some assurances on where he's going to stand his ground. I'd like some assurances that he's going to be a vigorous defender for the U.S. Constitution.

I got 220,000 votes from people who also voted for Donald Trump. I did not do that by pretending to be a conservative Democrat.

Come election time, black and white politicians put on their costumes of compassion and care, shake black hands, kiss black babies, sing 'We Shall Overcome' in black , and pray that we will ignore the reality of everyday suffering and the damage that is being done to our future in exchange for our votes.

Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.

We have people who will take votes that they can't defend. They'll say they stand for a policy, but when it comes to vote for it, they won't take the vote.

It's amazing to be nominated for two Brits, and I'm in great company. I'm not a politician out blagging votes, but if people like what I do and feel like giving me a vote for British Breakthrough, imagine how mint it would be if I actually won.

Politicians should talk about sportspersons and sports, and it should surely be in the agenda when they go out asking for votes.

Leaders cling to power in a socialist state like Venezuela by buying votes and manipulating elections.

My music is being condemned strictly for publicity and votes.

I think I would make a much better president than Ted Cruz, and with a little luck maybe I'll get more votes, but I'm not counting on it.

The Democratic Party has failed us, because we haven't run the progressive platform we've been promised... That's why people have moved their votes to the Republicans.

It is the BSP that will get Brahmin votes. In fact we will get votes of all communities.

The G.O.P. needs to fight for women votes because it believes our policies are better for women.

Trump cannot be re-elected without the votes of evangelical Christians, a group of people who, because of their heated eschatological dreams, are simultaneously capable of blindly supporting Israel and regarding American Jews with suspicion.

Earmarks are counterproductive tools for entrenched politicians to shut down debate and buy votes.

Chicago is my biggest base for U.S. readership. If I ask my readers where should I come, Chicago always has the most votes.

In a time of fractured politics, our need for unifying cultural events is more acute, and particularly our need for creators who do not deny the people their art because of the votes they cast.

Taking care of a border security is one of the issues that government has to manage. It is not to be politicised to win votes and gain sympathy.

When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.

I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.