“I think we're all enmeshed in this political system that is devoted to controlling reproduction. You didn't invent it; I didn't invent it. Thirty percent of us are trying to preserve it, and 70 percent are trying to change it. We're not active enough or voting enough or mad enough.” ThinkingTryingEnoughPoliticalPercentMadActivePreservesThirtyVotingDevotedPolitical SystemsReproductionTrying To Change Author:Gloria Steinem
“The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast 6 percent of the vote in 1990 and 12 percent in 2000. If their numbers expand at the current pace, they will be up to 18 percent in 2010 and 24 percent in 2020. With one-third of Hispanics voting Republican, they are the jump ball in American politics. As this vote goes, so goes the future.” IfsYearsLastsNumbersGrewRepublicanPercentVoteThirdsBallsCastsPopulationCurrentsVotingPaceLast YearAmerican PoliticsHispanicVoting Republican Author:Dick Morris
“You know, others keep saying that there are too many candidates in the race, and once it gets down to a two-person race that Trump can't get above that 30 to 35 percent that he's gotten both in the polling and in the elections and that the others will start pulling out that 65 the 70 percent not voting for Tromp. But there's absolutely no evidence that all of that vote will go to another candidate.” KnowsPersonsTwoRaceTrumpPercentEvidenceVoteElectionCandidatesVotingPullingPollingNot Voting Author:Cokie Roberts
“In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent of the electorate, underperforming their share of the voting-age population. Mitt Romney got 21 percent of their vote, and [Donald] Trump has been polling much lower than that.” Has BeensAgeShareTrumpPercentVotePopulationVotingRomneyElectoratePollingVoting Age Author:Mara Liasson
“Any time you have, you know, upwards of 90 percent of a demographic voting against somebody, that's a statement.” KnowsPercentStatementsVotingDemographics Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The UKIP voter is 60 percent male, 40 percent female. Is 65 percent older than 55 and 35 percent younger than 55. It's not hard to work out. Some have been Labor. Some have been Tories. The most difficult thing is previous voting intention, because they're coming from across the board.” Has BeensHardDifficultPercentFemaleLaborIntentionMalesWork OutBoardsVotingVotersDifficult ThingsUkip Author:Nigel Farage
“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsCuttingTenPercentProgramIncreaseBudgetsVotingAmerican WomanInspirational VotingBudget Cuts Author:Coretta Scott King
“Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.” GivingFoundRecordsParticularJudgingPercentWineOccasionsVotingMultipleRatingResearchersInconsistent Author:Nathan Myhrvold