Quotes About Elections

The considerations and aspirations of the people in the Lok Sabha polls is completely different from Assembly polls.

When I fight elections, I don't think about results whether it is assembly or Lok Sabha polls.

People should show up and vote at the polls, unless there's an extraordinary reason not to do so.

Azam Khan must be barred from contesting polls.

DMK's arrogance of being in power at the Centre will be put an end to by AIADMK in the Lok Sabha polls.

Nitin Gadkari requested me not to fight Lok Sabha polls. I told him how it is possible? I head an independent political party which has mass support. Gopinath Munde too met me and requested me to adjust.

There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve.

If the most liberal man that's ever been in office can get elected when 20 percent of the population identifies as liberal then I think we can elect a conservative when 40 percent of the population identifies themselves as conservative.

For any party or alliance, it is imperative to get at least 272 Lok Sabha seats to claim the PM's post.

There is clearly a move among some tea-party people, not all of them, to always elect or nominate the most conservative person, and under that scenario, I don't think Scott Brown would probably be their first choice.

UKIP's biggest fight is with the Conservative Party.

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

The Democrats always scream 'racism' at a Republican contender in any field across the country.

We expect elections to have contribution limits, and we expect to follow them.

I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.

The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy.

A corporation cannot make a campaign contribution to a candidate for federal office.

I have campaigned in many states across the country. Lok Sabha, assembly, corporation elections... I have worked in all of them.

I'm not backed by the super PACs and the big corporations.

You are not electing your parliamentarian or your MP to the corridors of power. You are electing them to the corridors of responsibility.

Compared to Congress, BJP is spending huge money in the elections. BJP keeps claiming that it is not corrupt. Then where is it getting such huge monies from?

Many people vote a straight party line from the president down to city council. Hollywood publicists need to think long and hard about who they are putting forward to lead their awards season campaigns.