Quotes About Elections

I believe states should have the right to be the masters of their own elections.

I do not believe the United States and the Americans are going to let Donald Trump become president... I think the challenge is Donald Trump, with his anti-China rhetoric and with his anti-trade rhetoric, is going to make the job for all of us more difficult going forward.

The difference between Obama and Romney is the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee.

After 1984, no ruling party in the State has won to form the government the second time.

The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections - theirs and other people's.

There was obviously never any help from the Russians. I don't even know what the Russians would have done.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

The only reason black lives matter to the Left is to secure election majorities at election time. That is the only reason that black lives matter.

The power of incumbency and the power of money is just overwhelming.

Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.

Bill Clinton, who packs his own star power, has been a big draw as well as a big drag on his wife's campaign.

You always want to have a mix of conservatives and liberals on a panel, especially on election night.

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling is that trying to control things too much feels icky to me.

I'll tell you from my heart, looking at their party further and further to the left, to paraphrase the director of the FBI: I think it would be extremely careless to elect Hillary Clinton.

As far as our rulers in Brussels are concerned, Her Majesty can stand for the European Parliament and vote in the elections for it. She doesn't, but she could.

Yet we have learned from the Scottish independence vote and with Brexit what referendums do to our politics. They foster bitter divisions in ways that parliamentary elections tend not to do.

Congress has no vision for U.P. They want to milk U.P. for those 80 parliamentary seats.

If the opposition wants power they must participate in democratic elections and win the vote of the people.

Elections have been free and fair with full participation of the people, reinforcing that the ballot is mightier than the bullet.

Lincoln and Clinton had a lot in common in the way they were elected: In both cases, they were dark horses. In both cases, they were from small states. In both cases, they were not the favorite for their parties' nomination.

If the 1992 and 2000 elections were any guide, third-party candidates are death on the mainstream parties with which they're most naturally aligned.

Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.