Quotes About Elections

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.

A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.

If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance in the affairs of state.

I've never known a man to be beaten fairly, nor one to be elected, unfairly.

Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few.

Donald Trump cannot, cannot be the man who leads the United States of America.

After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney.

The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

The problem isn't too little money in political campaigns, but not enough.

Most election analysts in the U.S. habitually confuse the sound of money talking with the voice of the people.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

A politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously.

In the United States 95% of the people who win elections have the most money. That's it. So, money is a big part of elections. But that happens all the time.

Money has much more power down the ballot.

... while the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get in office every two or three times a century and take it away from 'em.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

And, you know, money is - the money edge is really dangerous to democracy. Because what you have right now - people have said to me that, look, you'll always be outspent, so how can you ever win?

In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money systems in Maine and Arizona.