“The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.” IfsPersonsCountryAmericaBlackPresidentGenerationsRepublicanElectionIncludingBarackTensionEliminatingBlack PersonRacial Tension Author:Dennis Prager
“Is this so-called [Republican Party] hate wing that is so angry at all the things that have - all the changes that have happened in America, this is what they respond to.And I think it`s dangerous for the country, I also think it`s going to be incredibly unsuccessful in the general election.” ThinkingCountryAmericaHatePartyHappenedDangerousRepublicanElectionAngryWingsRepublican PartyUnsuccessfulGeneral Elections Author:Howard Dean
“I think win the election big, if she can win it, I`d like to see Hillary Clinton 54, 55 percent because I want her to rule the country.” IfsThinkingWantCountryBigsWinningPercentElectionClinton Author:Ryan Grim
“It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of six-figure, huge salaries telling us how we run our country despite having never stood for an election themselves.” CountryRunningFiguresHugeSixEuropeElectionDespiteOur CountryOther CountriesSalaryBureaucratsBrussels Author:David Cameron
“A movement election is a different type of election. It's an election where the people start moving into a direction because they think the country is failing or going down the tubes or the establishment has failed them.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCountryMovingFailingMovementTypeElectionEstablishmentTubes Author:Laura Ingraham
“I think we're going to move forward because I think at the end of all of this, everybody is going to ultimately realize that if the Democrat Party that is the most destructive force in this country. It's not one of these Republicans. And they have to be stopped and they have to be stopped in this election if this country is to be restored to its founding principles and the ideals that the majority of Americans associate with this country.” IfsThinkingEndsCountryMovingForceRealizingPartyPrinciplesRepublicanIdealsElectionMajorityDemocratMoving ForwardDestructiveAssociatesFounding Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My critics always forget to mention that I was democratically elected, the others were not. Everyone in Uganda can challenge me, everyone can vote, the elections are free. Not many countries have achieved what we did.” CountryChallengesForgetVoteElectionCriticsUganda Author:Yoweri Museveni
“Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the political party. Here, the only thing in a political party is gearing to elections, not the other things you do. So it's basically, a way of making people passive, submissive objects.” PeopleWayLooksCountryStatesPoliticalUnitedPartyUnited StatesObjectsMembersEuropeElectionActiveOther CountriesPassivePolitical PartiesSubmissive Author:Noam Chomsky
“As far as [Bernie] Sanders is concerned, he's probably the most honest of all of them. But we have to be careful, because this is the most important election [2016] in the history of this country; because you're not just voting for a president, you're voting for the person who can take America totally down! America will never be great as she once was, again, but she can survive if she does the right thing.” IfsPersonsDoeImportantCountryAmericaPresidentHonestConcernedElectionCarefulRight ThingVotingBe Careful Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Barack Obama did get a higher percentage of the vote than anybody has in this country in 20 years. I mean, it was a resounding victory. I mean, whether his core constituency was 20 percent or what, his electoral constituency, which is how we measure elections, was 53 percent, which was, you know, historically high, the highest of any Democrat, other than Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.” KnowsYearsMeanCountryVictoryHigherHighestPercentVoteElectionDemocratCoreBarackPercentagesJohnsonFranklin Author:Mark Shields
“We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.” KnowsCountryPoliticalPartyElectionColonialismPolitical PartiesLibya Author:Al-Saadi Gaddafi
“There are many major crises facing our country. At the top of the list is the need to overturn Citizens United. If billionaires are able to buy elections and elect right-wing candidates, there is no way we will ever address climate change, college education, affordability, job creation, raising the minimum wage and taking on Wall Street.” IfsWayNeedsCountryAbleJobsUnitedStreetsCreationCollegeWallCitizensMajorsElectionCrisisWingsClimateClimate ChangeListsOur CountryCandidatesAddressesMinimumRight WingBillionaireMinimum WageCollege EducationJob CreationCitizens UnitedAffordability Author:Bernie Sanders
“There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.” ThinkingRealCountryMovingPoliticalThreeUnitedPowerfulPartyBrotherCitizensRepublicanTaxesMajorsOrganizationElectionDemocraticEducationalBillionsCampaignsReformMost PowerfulRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyFundingTanksTax ReformCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“The great unknown in this country is where this leaves the Republican Party after this election. Will it be the party of the Kochs or will it be the party of [Donald] Trump?” CountryPartyTrumpRepublicanElectionRepublican PartyGreat Unknown Author:Jane Mayer
“The Kochs are very much involved in this election, not backing [Donald] Trump but backing everything down the ballot from him. They're pouring money into capturing the Senate and the House of Representatives, and state Houses across the country.” CountryStatesHouseTrumpInvolvedElectionSenateRepresentativesPouringBallotsHouse Of Representatives Author:Jane Mayer
“The central question in this election [2016] is really what kind of country we want to be and what kind of future we'll build together.” WantKindCountryTogetherElection Author:Hillary Clinton
“I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's really up to you. It's not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So I sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it, because I think it does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindDoeCountryHardDoubtTrumpVoteElectionPlantOur FamilyOur FutureYour FutureUp To You Author:Hillary Clinton
“This is where the question always come up, "Aren't you going to split the vote?" To which the obvious answer is: Well let's just rank peoples' choices. This is a voting system we use across the country, from San Francisco to Portland, Maine, and the Twin Cities. It's used very successfully in single-office elections like mayor. It could be used for governor.” WellsCountryUseUsedChoicesAnswersCitiesOfficeVoteElectionCome UpObviousVotingSplitsGovernorsTwinsSan FranciscoMayorsMainePortland Author:Jill Stein
“We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights, on behalf of the rights of the LGBT community, that will stand up and say no to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system.” WayNeedsCountryCommunityDarkDecisionUnitedRightsCitizensElectionCourtSupremeOur CountryLgbtPermitWomens RightsSupreme CourtBehalfCitizens UnitedLgbt CommunityElectoral Systems Author:Hillary Clinton
“What's interesting is this election year has made the citizen groups off-limits. All these citizen groups? - local, state, national? - that really do things and improve the country, they're never asked to be in these electoral campaign discussions.” YearsMadeCountryStatesInterestingGroupsCitizensLimitsElectionCampaignsLocalsDiscussionElection Years Author:Ralph Nader
“People have to decide do we want our country for ourselves with the people in charge or are we going to elect the the KGB and the House Republicans to decide this election [2016].” PeopleWantCountryHouseRepublicanElectionOur CountryKgb Author:James Carville
“That is, I think that what I do, that democracy in Venezuela hasn't really worked well since the [Ugo] Chávez era and that it has gotten even worse since the last elections, in which the Maduro government lost control of the House, of the country's legislature.” ThinkingWellsCountryGovernmentLastsHouseLostDemocracyElectionErasLegislatureVenezuela Author:Marco Rubio
“WikiLeaks does not publish from the jurisdiction of Ecuador, from this embassy or in the territory of Ecuador; we publish from France, we publish from, from Germany, we publish from The Netherlands and from a number of other countries, so that the attempted squeeze on WikiLeaks is through my refugee status; and this is, this is really intolerable. [It means] that [they] are trying to get at a publishing organisation; [they] try and prevent it from publishing true information that is of intense interest to the American people and others about an election.” PeopleTryingMeanDoeCountryInterestNumbersInformationElectionIntenseFranceGermanyTerritoryPublishingOther CountriesRefugeePublishOrganisationWikileaksJurisdictionNetherlandsEmbassyEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“There are many refugees, if not more refugees inside the country than outside the country. There is also the question of working to aid us at the present moment when we are campaigning for elections.” IfsCountryMomentsElectionAidsPresent MomentRefugeeCampaigning Author:Robert Mugabe
“What I said to Donald Trump was that what may work in generating enthusiasm or passion during elections may be different than what will work in terms of unifying the country and gaining the trust even of those who didn't support him.” MaySaidDifferentCountryPassionTermSupportTrumpElectionEnthusiasmUnifying Author:Barack Obama
“In the recent Virginia election, the black vote diminished. Now why was that? I think a lot of black folks are wondering what this guy is really going to do, not only for them but for the country. If the country is injured, they will be injured. That may be sinking in.” IfsThinkingMayCountryGuyBlackWonderVoteElectionFolksThis GuyInjuredVirginiaSinking Author:Nat Hentoff
“The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation where someone has been in power for decades, where the integrity of elections, democracy and security have really not been debated or discussed and most people suspect that elections are rigged and that the democratic rotation that elections are supposed to ensure doesn't really happen. And when this goes on for a while you are sitting on a powder keg.” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryHappensMovingBitsProcessSituationDemocracySecurityGoes OnIntegritySpringSittingElectionIndependenceDemocraticDecadesSuspectsPowderRiggedRotationArab SpringKegs Author:Kofi Annan
“Brexit and Trump's election are forcing countries to come up with new radical ideas.” IdeasCountryTrumpElectionCome UpRadicalRadical Ideas Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States.” TwoCountryStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeElectionComplexesPresidentialBritainIdenticalGreat BritainPresidential ElectionReferendumsTwo CountriesComplex Relationships Author:Barack Obama
“This country needs to take a deep breath. We are a strong, resilient nation. And the idea that the Russians hacked our election needs to be investigated. There is very little evidence at that moment except for the DNC servers.” NeedsLittlesIdeasCountryMomentsStrongNationsEvidenceBreathsElectionThat MomentResilientDeep BreathServerTake A Deep BreathHacked Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“There are exceptions of course, like for instance the Baltic States, which are members of the European Union, together with Ukraine and Moldova, as well. In those countries, the governments have been reformed as a result of elections.” WellsHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentTogetherCoursesResultsMembersElectionUnionsInstanceExceptionUkraineEuropean Union Author:Garry Kasparov
“When considering the Islamic world, Turkey is the best example of a country where democracy irreversibly gained a foothold despite religious and cultural traditions still respected today. With some reservation, this can be said about Pakistan, too, where we can observe dynamic political processes going on [and] governments change as a result of elections. In my opinion, it is up to the ruling elite to initiate cardinal changes.” WorldSaidStillsCountryGovernmentTodayPoliticalProcessReligiousResultsOpinionDemocracyExampleTraditionElectionDespiteIslamicElitesConsideringPakistanRulingTurkeysCardinalsReservationsInitiate Author:Garry Kasparov
“Political uncertainty around the world has more than doubled since the election of Trump. To find anything comparable we have to go way back, to the late 1920s for example, the times of the Great Depression. Or think of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, when the International Monetary Fund had to help the country out with a dramatic rescue operation. Up until the Greek crisis, that was the last time that the IMF was forced to intervene to such an extent in Europe.” ThinkingWorldWayCountryHelpingLastsPoliticalUnitedExampleTrumpLateEuropeElectionCrisisInternationalKingdomsAround The WorldUncertaintyOperationsGreekDramaticFundRescueLast TimeMonetaryGreat DepressionUnited KingdomImf Author:Nicholas Bloom
“I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.” PeopleFeelsCountryCausesGroupsCitizensElectionLocalsEngagedParticipants Author:Caroline Kennedy
“Finally, in 1954 [Ho Chi Minh] agreed to the Geneva Agreement, which divided the country temporarily into two zones, in the hope that national elections might unify the country under his leadership.” TwoCountryMightElectionZoneAgreementDividedGeneva Author:William J. Duiker
“Direct elections on the spot to all representative organs, up to the supreme organ, are a better guarantee of the interests of the working population of our boundless country.” CountryInterestDirectElectionPopulationSupremeSpotsGuaranteesOrgansRepresentativesBoundless Author:Joseph Stalin
“Why do you think [Russians] hacked into our election? Because they have to make sure that Donald Trump got elected so that he could help them with what I think is a huuuuge deal, not only to lift these sanctions, but to take over, y'know, all of these Soviet countries and pull 'em back into the Soviet Union, so that they could have access it to all of these resources. It's clear to me!” ThinkingKnowsCountryHelpingDealsClearTrumpResourcesElectionUnionsAccessLiftsEmsSovietSoviet UnionSanctionsHacked Author:Maxine Waters
“The Indian voter today is very mature. He votes in one fashion in the Lok Sabha elections, he votes in a different manner in the State Assembly elections. We have seen this. In 2014, the General Elections conincided with the Odisha Assembly elections. The same electorate gave one judgement for Odisha and another judgement for Delhi. So this country's voter is very mature and we should trust his maturity.” ShouldDifferentCountryStatesTodayFashionVoteElectionIndianMaturityJudgementMatureVotersAssemblyElectorateDelhiGeneral Elections Author:Narendra Modi
“Because the left, George Bush won two elections, 2000 and 2004. So 2008, we didn't see. It was obviously there. We saw effervescence and this bubbling up of this extreme left-wing cultural revolution, so to speak, but it seems like with the inauguration of [Barack] Obama, outward appearances, it seemed like the country flipped and did a 180 overnight.” TwoCountrySeemsLeftSpeakSawsRevolutionElectionWingsAppearanceExtremesBarackLeft WingInaugurationFlippedOutward Appearance Author:Rush Limbaugh
“After eight years of [Barack Obama], look what happened in this election. Did the country flip again? No. I maintain it didn't flip in 2008-2009, and we were not a 60% radical leftist population like they tried to portray it as.” YearsLooksCountryHappenedElectionPopulationEightRadicalBarackFlipLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If during the eight years of [Barack] Obama they won and they had converted this country into this radical, leftist, extremist culture and country, and if that was the trend, and if that's what Obama's elections meant, then how is it that the Democrat Party, which is the home of all of that, has lost 1,200 seats since Obama's second year in office?” IfsYearsCountryHomeCultureLostPartyOfficeElectionDemocratEightRadicalBarackSeatsTrendsExtremistLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The people that voted for Donald Trump, the vast majority of them really thought that if Hillary Clinton won this election, that was it, that was America, say good-bye to it. She would have had the Supreme Court nominations for all the people retiring and a bunch of the left would have retired, and who knows who else. It would have been the ongoing opening up the country to outsiders and expanding the government to take care of outsiders, who are called immigrants.” PeopleIfsKnowsHas BeensCountryGovernmentCareAmericaLeftTrumpElectionMajorityCourtClintonTake CareSupremeBunchOpeningImmigrantsRetiringOutsidersSupreme CourtExpandingRetiredOngoingByeGood ByeNominationsOpening UpSaying Good Bye Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You look across this country people are fed up with Washington. This [2016] election was the American people saying, enough already with the corruption in Washington and it's both parties.” PeopleLooksCountryEnoughPartyElectionCorruptionFedsFed UpEnough Already Author:Ted Cruz
“The Democrats have lost a thousand electoral seats in America in midterm elections, 2010, 2014. The people of this country are clearly willing to vote against Democrats. They are clearly willing to vote for Republicans. But when you get to the presidential election, it better be somebody that's not just part of the establishment. That's the message, and that's what they're not getting.” PeopleCountryAmericaLostWillingRepublicanThousandMessagesVoteElectionDemocratPresidentialSeatsEstablishmentPresidential ElectionMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Jews have a powerful ally, America, but they do not really have a bigger family in the same way that there is a European family or an Arab-Muslim family. People who fail to understand this ambivalence will never understand this country. They will not be able to understand how Netanyahu could win the last election by saying the Iranians are coming, Islamic State (IS) is coming, the Arabs are coming, and the whole world hates us anyway.” PeopleWorldWayCountryStatesWholeAbleLastsAmericaHateWinningPowerfulFailingBiggerElectionJewWhole WorldIslamicAlliesAmbivalenceIslamic StateMuslim Family Author:Amos Oz
“It is important to eliminate the stigma created by American imperialism and its allies regarding the Cuban political system. That stigma must be eliminated. You may think that there are no direct elections in Cuba. I am going to tell that they are direct and you can compare our process with any other country including the United States.” ThinkingMayImportantCountryStatesPoliticalProcessUnitedUnited StatesDirectElectionIncludingCompareAlliesOther CountriesImperialismCubaStigmaPolitical SystemsCubanAmerican Imperialism Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.” DifferentCountryRepublicanElectionDemocratAlignmentForeign Countries Author:Barack Obama
“In my view, it is not a question of Trump having won the election, it's a question of Democrats having lost the election. Democrats need a strong progressive agenda which says to the working class of this country, we are going the stand and fight for you, we're going to raise the minimum wage, pay equity for women, we're going to rebuild the infrastructure, and we're going to guarantee health care to all people as a right. We're going to make public colleges and universities tuition-free.” PeopleCountryCareFightingStrongCollegeElectionDemocratHealth CareProgressiveWorking ClassEquity Author:Bernie Sanders
“America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump.” DifferentCountryForeverElection Author:Justin Simien
“Mitt Romney is talking about the fact that Republicans and Democrats alike have to find common ground to address very real challenges we face as a country. It's a message that's uplifting, it's optimistic. It's about how America can be great again. I think that's the right closing message and I think frankly it's what we need to do as a country after this election regardless of what happens.” ThinkingRealCountryChallengesCommonRepublicanElectionDemocratOptimisticUplifting Author:Rob Portman