“The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races.” ThinkingYearsWellsHas BeensTwoRaceFourCostPercentCampaignsPresidentialFour YearsPresidential Campaign Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingImportantJobsRight NowPercentPresidentialDamnKnow MeGangnam StyleYou Don't Know Me Author:Chris Christie
“In a new poll of Democratic voters, presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee came in with zero percent support. Or in other words: We're all tied with presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee.” SupportPercentDemocraticPresidentialCandidatesZeroVotersTiedPollsPresidential Candidate Author:Jimmy Fallon
“From 4 to 6 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership . He has to guide a people in the greatest adventure ever undertaken on the planet.” PeopleSpiritualPoliticsLeadershipMoralPlanetsAdventureOfficePercentGuidesAdministrationPresidentialSpiritual LeadershipGreatest Adventure Author:William Allen White
“You never fully get over [losing a presidential campaign]. But I've had a good life. I've enjoyed myself 90 percent of the time.” LosingPercentCampaignsEnjoyedPresidentialGood LifeGet OverPresidential Campaign Author:George McGovern
“Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.” IfsKnowsPresidentCircumstancesRepublicanPercentCampaignsPresidentialApprovalRatingMccainOutgoingPresidential CampaignApproval Rating Author:Rachel Maddow
“There was an analyst who came out the other day who's had a long track record of projecting presidential campaigns based on the economy and other kind of factors. And he said if [Donald] Trump stays about where he is right now, he'll win at about 51 or 52 percent. If Trump actually gets his act together in a disciplined way, he could win by as much as 66 percent.” IfsWayKindLongSaidTogetherWinningEconomyRecordsTrumpRight NowPercentTrackCampaignsFactorsPresidentialAnalystsTrack RecordPresidential Campaign Author:Newt Gingrich
“Seventy-five percent of voters now [in September 2016], according to the latest poll, want third-party candidates included in the debate. We have the highest disapproval and distrust rates ever in our history for these two presidential candidates, which the system is doing everything it can to force down our throats.” WantTwoForcePartyFiveHighestPercentThirdsRateDebatePresidentialCandidatesVotersThroatSeptemberSeventiesDistrustPollsPresidential CandidateDisapprovalThird Parties Author:Jill Stein
“President Obama's Justice Department won less than half of its total cases before the Supreme Court, which is the lowest presidential win rate since Harry Truman. Average historically for the last 50 years is about 70 percent.” YearsLastsWinningPresidentJusticeHalfCasesPercentCourtRateAverageSupremePresidentialDepartmentPresident ObamaLowestSupreme CourtTrumanHarry Truman Author:Ted Cruz
“The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.” LastsWinningWhiteSawsRepublicanPercentVoteElectionMalesPresidentialCoalitionsPresidential Election Author:John Podhoretz