“Ever since Richard Nixon walloped George McGovern in the presidential election of 1972, political pundits have treated as a truism the proposition that liberals are out of step with the rest of the nation, and therefore all but unelectable outside the precincts of the Northeast -- give or take a college town here or a ski resort there. During the course of every presidential election for the past forty years now, Republicans have sought to wield the word liberal as if it were a six-gauge shotgun.” IfsGivingYearsPastPoliticalCoursesNationsStepsCollegeRepublicanSixTownsElectionTreatedPresidentialFortyPropositionsResortsSkisPresidential ElectionGaugesPunditsTruismShotguns Book:Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals Source: Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
“I loved the city, so the feeling in 2001 [election] first was shock, then (I was) nervous, then scared but then it's - I really wasn't happy and ecstatic like I thought I (would be). I was immediately hit with the enormity of the responsibility and the fact that most people in that town - particularly those that voted for me were placing their hopes and dreams in me. That is a big, big stressful place to be.” PeopleFirstsFactsFeelingsDreamBigsWould BeCitiesResponsibilityTownsElectionScaredNervousShockStressfulEcstaticHopes And Dreams Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president?” ShouldDifferentRunningPresidentBehindsTownsElectionHallsPlatformsShould I Author:Werner Herzog
“New England has a strong tradition of localism. What is ordinarily called election day in most of the United States is called town meeting day in Vermont.” StatesStrongUnitedUnited StatesTraditionEnglandTownsElectionMeetingsNew EnglandElection DayVermont Author:Murray Bookchin
“The Supreme Court nominations [example]. I mean, the fact that Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans, was able to just stop a nomination almost a year before the next election and really not pay a political price for it, that's a sign that the incentives for politicians in this town to be so sharply partisan have gotten so outta hand that we're weakening ourselves.” YearsMeanFactsHandsAblePoliticalNextPayLeaderExamplePoliticianRepublicanTownsElectionCourtSupremeSupreme CourtIncentivesPartisansNominationsWeakening Author:Barack Obama
“Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.” PeopleDoeHas BeensDifferentMatterHandsBigsIndividualRaceCitiesOne ThingDecidedVoteTownsElectionLocalsBig CitiesElection Day Author:Susan Orlean
“I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.” BelieveHomeFatherI BelieveInterestingFamilyDaughterTownsElectionModestSmall TownFathers DayMy Father DiedFathers Day InspirationalInspirational Father Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities.” LooksStatesSeemsJobsCommunityResponsibilityLet MeTownsElectionPresidentialOpponentsGovernorsSmall TownMayorsAlaskaHometownPresidential ElectionOrganizer Author:Sarah Palin
“Both Mitt and I have summer places up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. And a few summers ago I was taking my grandchildren and children to town in the boat for ice cream ... And I realized there was nobody in the boat to help me dock the boat, handle the ropes, do anything ... And I looked up and there was Mitt Romney. So he pulled me in, he tied up the boat for me. He rescued me just as he's going to rescue this great country.” ChildrenCountryHelpingSummerTownsElectionI RealizedHandleBoatIceHelp MeLakesTiedRescueCreamGrandchildrenIce CreamRopeRomneyGreat CountryMy GrandchildrenTied UpDocksHampshireNew Hampshire Author:J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.
“Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing.” PeopleBelieveProblemInspirationPoliticalMotivationGamesDemocracyTownsElectionElection Day Author:Ivan Krastev