- Donald Trump
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- Nov 07, 2020
Election Quotes
Most Famous Election Quotes of All Time!
Elections bring out strong opinions in this collection, including a pointed critique of a campaign's core messaging measured against founding ideals. It's a reminder that election language is scrutinized closely, a theme also found in our Elections collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brexit is really a good forerunner of what's going to happen here in November, I think. The same angst that drove that vote is driving the American election.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to the general election, we are no longer running as an individual: we are running as the head of a ticket. And so the party itself will be doing some things to raise money, and Mr. Trump has indicated that he'd be willing to help the party.
- George W. Bush
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- Nov 07, 2020
The closely divided presidential election of 2000 - in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by the slimmest of margins in Florida - forever implanted the divide between red states and blue states in our political consciousness.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.
- Depend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a general election result you don't like, you don't have another general election.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
- Eroded
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Appointing special counsel Robert Mueller to probe Russian meddling in the 2016 election (and any possible ties to President Trump's campaign) was the only choice the Justice Department had. This is the best way to deal with the conflicts and potential conflicts of interest these matters posed.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn't just beat the Progressive establishment - he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the space of one election campaign.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a news junkie, and an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, and this interest only ramped up during the campaign of 2016 and in the aftermath of the election.
There's also a sober note that undoing an election requires meeting a real constitutional standard, not just dissatisfaction with the outcome, alongside a lighter jab at how a single evocative word can carry a whole campaign. See our Election Day quotes for more.