Quotes About Elections

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

If I can get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states and be allowed into the debates, I'd not only run, I'd win.

A people fatigued by bad presidential judgment aren't inclined to reward him or his party.

A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.

I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing.

In presidential campaigns, experience as a candidate is an invaluable asset.

The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American could never be president until one was; a TV reality star couldn't become president until one was.

In presidential elections, I think people focus way too much on ideology.

The only exception to the demise/struggles of the European centre-left is Macron, in French presidential and parliamentary elections 2017.

I love presidential campaigns. It is a time when people are feeling what is going on in the heart of our country.

Midterm elections, by nature, just aren't about the party that's out of power. But presidential years are different.

Governorships and Senate seats are the most common stepping-stone offices for presidential campaigns, and U.S. House seats are the most common stepping-stone positions for statewide campaigns.

The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus is crucial for every presidential campaign.

I am a political junkie. During a presidential campaign, I will often buy a couple of newspapers a day just to keep up.

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations.

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

Elected presidents are for countries.

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators.