“A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.” LooksStillsSchoolResultsNovelProgressHeardChangedHigh SchoolHollywoodElectionProducersLife ChangingScreenwritersDrawersWishbones Author:Tom Perrotta
“Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.” ResultsDemocracyTraditionElectionDemocraticIraqSaddam Author:Brent Scowcroft
“The secrecy that shrouded the vote counting by the special election committee cast doubts on the results and lacks transparency.” ResultsDoubtSpecialVoteElectionCastsCommitteesSecrecyCountingTransparency Author:Hosni Mubarak
“I did learn from many mistakes. First and foremost, I learned that it is important to create a wide base of support within the LDP. In forming the cabinet this time, I included almost all the members of the LDP whom I ran against during the party election for president. Also, as a result of the lessons I learned, this time my policy priorities have become very clear. This would include first and foremost restoring a robust economy. I believe this has resulted in the strong support that I am getting from the people.” PeopleFirstsBelieveImportantStrongI BelievePresidentResultsPartyMistakeSupportEconomyClearPolicyLessonsMembersElectionWidePrioritiesRanCabinetsRobustRestoring Author:Shinzo Abe
“The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.” PeopleFirstsMadeImportantPoliticalUnderstandingResultsPartyHalfMillionsSupportMediaPolicyDevelopmentStandardsDeserveFirst TimeElectionDemocraticEightLoyaltyBridgesAnalysisLabourRemarkableVotersCommentSocialistPolitical PartiesManifestosGeneral Elections Author:Tony Benn
“It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.” PeopleGivingI CanDifferentAbleChoicesNextResultsSituationLeaderTakenOne ThingElectionMinistersPrimeContestsPrime MinisterPakistanBannedAlready Taken Author:Benazir Bhutto
“The U.S. alleges it wants to democratize [the Middle East] whilst it seeks to reverse election results not legally or through polls, but by force, fostering chaos and supporting, financing and arming the corrupt.” WantForceResultsMiddleElectionChaosEastMiddle EastReversePollsFinancingFosteringElection Results Author:Khaled Mashal
“So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters.” LittlesIdeasResultsStageElectionConvictionCampaignsCandidatesVotersPublic LifeHiringConsultants Author:Gerald R. Ford
“There is something fundamentally wrong about the way we [americans] are moving as a country, when billionaires are able to buy elections as a result of Citizens United. There`s something fundamentally wrong when 99 percent of all new income goes to the top 1 percent.” WayCountryAbleMovingUnitedResultsCitizensPercentElectionIncomeBillionaireCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing that as far back as 2007 when it changed the result of the Kenyan general election.” ResultsRolesClearChangedDegreesConceptsElectionAlways BelieveWikileaksGeneral Elections Author:Julian Assange
“I will accept the results when the election is free and clean. I cannot accept fraud.” ResultsAcceptingElectionCleanFraud Author:Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
“One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election.” GovernmentPoliticalHousePoliticsLeadershipResultsMoneyPartyDemocracyPolicyTaxesConstitutionElectionCongressIdeologyBranchesFree SpeechPolitical PartiesFactionsPartisanshipBranches Of Government Author:Barack Obama
“I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.” ResultsPartyGoneGrowingAchieveElectionEngagedMembershipElection Results Author:Christine Milne
“This democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.” PeopleAmericaChoicesFightingLeftForceReligiousResultsDemocracyAuthorityPressureElectionIraqDespiteOpposition Author:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
“Last evening attended Croghan Lodge International Order of Odd Fellows. Election of officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These social organizations have a number of good results. All who attend are educated in self-government. This in a marked way. They bind society together. The well-to-do and the poor should be brought together as much as possible. The separation into classes--castes--is our danger. It is the danger of all civilizations.” WayShouldWellsSelfGovernmentTogetherLastsOrderSocialPoorResultsNumbersClassDangerCivilizationOrganizationElectionFellowsInternationalNobleSeparationChosenEducatedEveningOddOfficersCastesSelf-governmentLodgesSocial Organization Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you. Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.” MenWarReasonPresidentResultsShameElectionTapePopeOrangeChicksUs PresidentDuct TapeDixieShame On YouElection ResultsDixie Chicks Author:Michael Moore
“John Kerry and the other Democratic leaders are on the wrong side of history, as they were during the Reagan presidency. If they had won the day, and Reagan had failed, the Soviet Union would still exist, as would all the harm and suffering it unleashed, and American security would be far weaker as a result. And if they win this election thanks to a promise to undo the Reagan-Bush Doctrine, those cheering loudest will be the most evil-loving among us.” IfsStillsWould BeSufferingEvilWinningSidesResultsLeaderSecurityPromiseElectionUnionsDemocraticHarmDoctrineThanksCheerSovietPresidencySoviet UnionJohn KerryUnleashedDemocratic Leaders Author:Mark Levin
“I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.” IfsHardNightChangeResultsEventsElectionStayingDefeatedElection DayHard DaysElection Results Author:Benjamin Harrison
“Do you know what causes low voter turnout in America? It's the result of having the fate of our nation at stake. This began with the bitter presidential election of 1828, which pitted the education, cultivation, and puritan constraint of John Quincy Adams against the yahoo populism of Andrew Jackson, thereby deciding permanently whether America would become a shining city upon a hill or an overlighted strip mall along a highway.” KnowsAmericaNationsCausesResultsCitiesFateLowsElectionShiningBitterHillsPresidentialDo You KnowVotersStakesHighwaysConstraintsMallsCultivationAndrewPuritanPresidential ElectionPopulismVoter Turnout Author:Ozzy Osbourne