“The evidence that things are changing fast can be seen in the dramatic increase in the influence of blogging. We should be collecting emails as we used to collect telephone numbers and using them to better communicate our message to key voters.” ShouldUsedNumbersInfluenceKeysMessagesEvidenceIncreaseCommunicateDramaticVotersTelephonesEmailCollectingBlogging Author:Adam Rickitt
“Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, you'll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a 'moral value' - 'affordable health care is a moral value' etc., - then you'll appeal to red-state voters.” IfsThinkingStatesSeemsCareValuesWinningMoralMessagesSmartRedFolksMetaphorFavorsHealth CareAppealsEtcVotersDescribingAffordableMoral ValuesAffordable Health Care Author:Eric Liu
“After the November elections gave Republicans control of the Senate, voters made clear they wanted change. We were hopeful our leaders got the voters' message. However, after our speaker forced through the (spending bill) by passing it with Democratic votes and without time to read it, it seemed clear that we needed new leadership.” MadeWantedChangeLeadershipLeaderClearNeededRepublicanMessagesVoteElectionBillsDemocraticSpendingPassingPassingsHopefulVotersSenateSpeakersNovemberEver AfterPassing It Author:Louie Gohmert
“Anybody who imagines that an election can be won under these circumstances by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is ... to put it mildly ... severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues. We conservatives are sending a powerful, inadvertent message with this negative campaign against Barack Obama's associations and former associations: that we lack a positive agenda of our own and that we don't care about the economic issues that are worrying American voters.” CarePowerfulWorryIssuesImagineEconomicCircumstancesMessagesNegativeImportanceElectionDon't CareCampaignsFormerBarackAgendasVotersAssociationImagine ThatBangingEconomic IssuesAmerican VotersPocketbooksJeremiahEstimating Author:David Frum
“We did a lot right with the voters with whom we’ve enjoyed traditional support. But we haven’t done enough to build a larger coalition of voters. We have to modernize our message to reach a larger audience of voters beyond our base.” DoneEnoughSupportAudienceHavensMessagesTraditionalEnjoyedVotersCoalitions Author:Kevin Madden
“I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial independence. And it's always, I think, problematic when an unpopular decision triggers a recall election. Because it sends a disempowering message to judges. On the other hand, it's the only way that voters have to rein in someone whose views are really so out of the mainstream of public opinion that they jeopardize the legitimacy of the judicial process.” ThinkingWayWantWholeHandsProcessDecisionViewsOpinionJudgingMessagesElectionIndependenceComplicatedAccountabilityVotersMainstreamRecallsPublic OpinionTriggersJudicialReinsLegitimacyJeopardizeUnpopular Decisions Author:Deborah Rhode
“I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country.” ThinkingCountryMembersMessagesOptimismMajorityUnionsConservativeBritainVotersEuropean UnionBright FutureOptimism And Hope Author:Michael Gove
“Every dollar not spent is another dollar you have to reach the voters and convey a message.” MessagesDollarsVoters Author:Ted Cruz
“If anything, a message back to [Donald] Trump is, if you have proof, if you have evidence, please bring it forward. Procedures are in place to investigate any real voter fraud.” IfsRealTrumpPleaseMessagesEvidenceProofVotersFraudProceduresVoter Fraud Author:Audie Cornish
“Every time a Republican wins the White House, whenever Republicans win control of Congress, the Drive-Bys always claim that the message is voters want a balanced and divided government.” WantGovernmentHouseWinningWhiteRepublicanMessagesClaimsCongressWhite HouseVotersDividedBalancedDivided Government Author:Rush Limbaugh