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- Nov 07, 2020
Vote Quotes
On ballots, principle, and voting against.
These vote quotes look skeptically at the mechanics of voting — parties softening their stance just to court votes, and a claim that populations say they care about corruption without acting on it at the ballot box. One line recalls a voter from another century who would have proudly backed Henry Clay, connecting to Election quotes on this site.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Guilt
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had concluded when I was the prosecutor that I would vote against the death penalty if I were in the legislature but that I could ask for it when I was satisfied as to guilt.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.
- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race.
- Other
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Brexit vote, the presidential elections in the U.S., a number of the other regional political movements - that's not a flash in the pan.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ran for my first office at 25 against an incumbent city councilman. I took 55% of the vote and became the youngest councilman in the area at the time.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vote for every privatization bill that I can. It is the Left that opposes privatization. They just want to preserve their government jobs.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
- Paper
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why do we still use paper to vote? Paper is over!
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020