Quotes About Elections

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland.

Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections.

I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society.

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

People really don't want Jeremy Corbyn, and they do fear the consequences of a Corbyn government.

We're never going to have a perfect candidate unless Jesus Christ is on the ballot.

The best thing going for us is Al Gore. I cannot conceive how the American people could elect him. On the other hand, I couldn't conceive how they could elect a Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton - especially Clinton in '96.

Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there's nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know.

Let's be honest: no one is excited about Joe Biden.

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

The resulting Rechtsstaat has been described as a liberal autocracy. It provided strong protections of the rights of its citizens in an impersonal manner, even though these citizens did not have the political right to hold their rulers accountable through elections.

Our regime is based on bayonets and blood, not on hypocritical elections.

los cheques llegarán a nombre de Morena, del presidente— podrían llegar a 23 millones de mexicanos, de los cuales casi todos votarán en 2021, con lo cual Morena podría garantizarse de nuevo una mayoría.

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.

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.

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.

George H.W. Bush said we will lead on climate change, and we'll lead from the top. That was 30 years ago. And now Republicans can't even acknowledge that climate change is human caused or real because of the outside spending in our elections.

Young voters are crucial. The trend over recent years has been for them to drift away. So anything that gets young voters interested in the electoral process not only has an immediate effect, but has an effect for years and years.

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.