Quotes About Engagement

The ability for every legal, registered voter to participate in our democratic process should not be a partisan issue.

I think, at the end of the day, especially for municipal elections, we see relatively low voter turnout. So the goal is to expand who sees themselves reflected in government, who's empowered to take the lead in politics.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

Since too few Americans go to the polls, I say what this country needs is a bobblehead election, where voters will get free bobblehead dolls of their choice when they show up and vote for president.

All the young voters who flocked to Obama in droves grew up watching 'The Daily Show' and the 'Colbert Report.'

As an organizer in the most underrepresented communities in my state, I have felt the frustration that so many voters must feel when other states limit polling locations, require photo IDs, and put unnecessary barriers in front of voters.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

At the end of the day, one of the most politically active voters in the country, seniors, will know who stood with them and who didn't.

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

The Labour party lost millions of voters because they failed to listen.

A problem with a president who leads by stirring the moral sentiments of voters is that he has got to keep stirring them.

I think you have to be careful. You have to know exactly what is going to resonate with voters. And you can't get ahead of that. You have to be very careful with your approach.

The problem with wonks is that they can't deal with emotion and feeling, and they don't like stories. It means that they cannot connect at all with the feelings and imaginations of the voters.

Voters have a responsibility to make a judgment with whatever facts are available on Election Day.

I've been reaching out to voters across the political spectrum from the very beginning.

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

We utilize social media, we try to connect with voters in a way that's not only about politics. Letting people into your lives.

No voters will be left behind.

The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.

But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.

Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

There are a lot of different demands on the campaign trail, but what matters most is that you connect with voters and take the time to really hear their concerns.