Quotes About Voting

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Black votes matter to many politicians — more so than black lives. That is why such politicians must try to keep black voters fearful, angry and resentful. Racial harmony would be a political disaster for such politicians. Racial polarization makes both the black population and the white population worse off, but it makes politicians who depend on black votes better off.

All paid 10% no matter what they earned."30 And he declares his "growing personal conviction" that "if there is not a change to a flat tax soon, citizens who are now both on government subsistence programs and paying no income tax should have the privilege of voting curtailed until their case proves otherwise.

so I can vote and then bitch about it later. You can't really not vote and then bitch about what's happening. At least as a voter you try to make your voice and opinions heard.

Both of these students- both high school seniors both old enough to vote in the upcoming election- thought 'Al' Qaeda was a person. At that time the United States had been at war for five and a half years and here were two students two young adults leaving the educational system who had never heard of al Qaeda. Both by the way had passed the multiple-choice reading section of the state's high school exit exam.

At daybreak on the first day, thousands of Cambodians are already calmly waiting outside my polling station. They squat on the ground, silent and patient. We didn't expect this at all. We thought they would fail to understand how democracy works. We thought they would be afraid of the Khmer Rouge. We thought they would passively accept their fate. We were wrong.

Trump-voting

Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.

As pesquisas', diz [Revel], 'dão o seguinte resultado: à pergunta sobre em quem votarão, 53 por cento dos entrevistados responderam que votarão com a esquerda. Quando perguntados sobre quem vencerá, 54 por cento responderam: a direita. Eis a França dita cartesiana. Se lhes perguntassem se acreditam em Deus, 70 por cento responderiam que não. Mas, se lhes fosse perguntado se crêem que Jesus seja o filho de Deus, 80 por cento responderiam que sim.

Señor Norman Muller, debo informarle, en nombre del presidente de los Estados Unidos, de que le han escogido para representar al electorado norteamericano el martes 4 de noviembre de 2008.

los pueblos eligen el gobierno que merecen.

The number of Pelosi allies who have come to me and told me to back off, that I'm not doing the right thing, is exactly zero. The number of members of the caucus who voted for her, who have checked to see who was listening and then patted me on the back and then said, 'Keep going Seth, you're doing the right thing,' is literally dozens.

An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.

Democracy is a festival of mediocrity.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune.

Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope.

The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.

My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rational thing to stay, but I'll let other people make that choice for me.' Don't. This is very close, no doubt about it.

Turnout is good for the system.

In more stable political times, a low turnout in the E.U. elections was a luxury we could afford.

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.