“I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.” PeopleI CanVoteDiedComplainingCriticize Author:Darryl Pinckney
“We have got to go and compete for the minds and the hearts and the votes of everybody in this country, no matter who they are. And what I think we've had is one party takes a group of people for granted and another party has not paid attention to them.” PeopleThinkingMindHeartCountryMatterPartyAttentionGroupsVotePaidGranted Author:Paul Ryan
“Our modern world of old story is completely failing humanity. This is the reason that increasing numbers of people have become and are becoming disillusioned from politics. People don't like voting. Whoever you vote, government gets in. Whatever they promise, they never fulfill.” PeopleWorldReasonStoriesGovernmentHumanityNumbersFailingModernBecomingPromiseVoteVotingModern WorldDisillusioned Author:Satish Kumar
“Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.” PeopleCreativeVoteArtisticCandidatesSensibility Author:Zephyr Teachout
“One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.” PeopleWantFeelsResponsibilityVoteRefuseProtestCivicsCivic Responsibility Author:Trent Lott
“There are people who don't vote for a lot of reasons, sometimes as a statement.” PeopleSometimesReasonVoteStatements Author:Trent Lott
“People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote for the bully. It's so strange.” PeopleStrangeVoteFavorsVotingBullyUnderdog Author:Jon Gnarr
“We're going to fight for every vote in every state. We're going to make a real difference in people's lives.” PeopleRealStatesFightingDifferencesVote Author:Hillary Clinton
“We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours influence the vote in the U.S. Congress. They can influence the entire voting patterns of the Indian Parliament. Ordinary people who put governments in power might want to go in a different direction. I call this the phenomenon of the inverted state, where the state is no longer accountable to the people. The state only serves the interests of corporations.” PeopleWorldWantHas BeensDifferentStatesGovernmentMightPoliticalProcessInterestHoursFiveInfluenceStageOrdinaryVoteCongressPatternsIndianCorporateCorporationsVotingPhenomenonParliamentOrdinary PeopleDifferent DirectionsCorporate WorldInverted Author:Vandana Shiva
“I don't want people to think that I'm there politicking for this person or that person. We're not doing that. This is a campaign for God. We need to get godly men and women to run for office, and we need to get the godly men and women out to vote.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsPersonsRunningOfficeMen And WomenVoteCampaignsGodlyGodly Man Author:Franklin Graham
“These nutbags, like Santorum and Bachmann, who make these people and especially young gay kids feel miserable, shame on them. They're quacks. I would never vote for them. I wouldn't even listen to them because there but for the grace of God go they.” PeopleFeelsKidsYoungGraceGayVoteShameMiserableGrace Of GodQuacks Author:Howard Stern
“My mom and my grandmother definitely were (Democrat supporters). It wasn't a sense that, "Well, we vote for Democrats no matter what," but it was sort of the sense that, "Democrats are typically the ones that are looking out for working people like us."” PeopleWellsMatterMomVoteNo Matter WhatDemocratMy MomGrandmotherSupporterMy Grandmother Author:Josh Earnest
“People are very independent. And what I have seen with all the unions is that you have members who, regardless of who their union choose to endorse, ultimately want to exercise their own judgment and want to vote for the person they feel is best.” PeopleWantFeelsPersonsExerciseMembersJudgmentVoteIndependentUnions Author:Lucy Flores
“I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.” PeopleKnowsBeliefColorOfficePercentVote Author:Artur Davis
“Even in South Carolina, as badly as we did, and we did very badly, we won the votes of people 29 years of age or younger. The future of the Democratic Party, the future of this country is involving young people in the political process, getting them to stand up for their rights.” PeopleYearsCountryAgeYoungPoliticalProcessPartyRightsVoteDemocraticSouthDemocratic PartyInvolvingCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think people cast their votes for a number of reasons. I think if you look at your polls, you'll probably find that many, many people think that our views are closer to what they believe the future of America should be. That our views are closer on economic issues. And a lot of those polls come down to demographics, to age, to how much money you are making.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldBelieveLooksReasonAgeAmericaViewsNumbersIssuesEconomicVoteCastsPollsDemographicsEconomic IssuesFuture Of America Author:Bernie Sanders
“Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving people the vote, that'll solve all our problems. In the end, that's just a silly, infantile notion.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingEndsProblemTurnsVoteElectionNotionSolveSillyFetishInfantile Author:Pankaj Mishra
“The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTrumpVoteElection Author:Mitt Romney
“There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsPersonsDreamWould BeGuyImagineStreetsMovementKingsOfficeDecidedVoteElectionOrganizeGod KnowsGood Guy Author:Joan Baez
“There are no young people who know how to debate, who know how to vote, and who know how to persuade people to vote. And you have seen this in Paraguay and they are reaping the harvest now of fifty years of dictatorship.” PeopleKnowsYearsYoungKnow HowVoteDebateFiftyDictatorshipHarvestParaguay Author:John Gimlette
“On the other side of the spectrum, you see someone like Donald Trump, who is using as the basis of his campaign political incorrectness. It's clearly intentional. He'd have to be a complete moron just to coincidentally insult Mexicans, and women, and disabled people, and Muslims. So clearly he's using it as a vote winner. But I think with comedians there's a responsibility.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalSidesResponsibilityTrumpVoteBasesCampaignsWinnerComedianInsultSpectrumDisabledMoron Author:Sacha Baron Cohen
“In 2012, those French Muslim people voted massively for Francois Hollande against Nicolas Sarkozy. With the results of elections getting even tighter, those votes can make the difference. I am obviously not in favour of a "community electorate," however, pressure is so great on them that I can easily understand how it can affect their votes.” PeopleI CanCommunityDifferencesResultsVotePressureElectionFavourElectorate Author:Tariq Ramadan
“All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.” PeopleWayWantHas BeensBookSoulCountryStatesBlackCommunityViolenceInvolvedPeriodsVoteClintonSouthCastsI RealizedSpokesGangJerseyLatinoRidersNew JerseyOrganizerCaucusSacramentoNewarkGang Violence Author:Tom Hayden
“I've had that situation where I start writing somebody really miserable, and in order to make the story come alive, I have to give them a vote of confidence, make him vulnerable or wounded. But in real life, you often meet people who, in that particular moment, actually shouldn't get a vote of confidence.” PeopleGivingWritingRealMomentsStoriesOrderSituationAliveParticularVoteReal LifeVulnerableMiserableWounded Author:George Saunders
“I'm confident as a supporter of same sex marriage, I'm confident that there'll be a yes vote in that plebiscite, and that the parliament will then move very swiftly to implement the will of the people.” PeopleMovingSexVoteSupporterParliament Author:George Brandis
“Trump's - has great negatives, enormous negatives, a lot of people say they simply won't vote for him. So if he's gotten media, maybe it hasn't done him so much good.” PeopleIfsDoneMediaTrumpVoteEnormous Author:David Folkenflik
“I still think people like to hear from someone's heart and how they really feel than the old political rhetoric trying to not say the wrong thing because how would it look, would they get votes, lose votes.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingLooksHeartStillsPoliticalLosesVoteRhetoricWrong ThingsPolitical Rhetoric Author:Joe Arpaio
“I think the idea of individualism has become more dominating in our society. You can even see it by our political system: how people vote, the job situation, the sociological evolution that's happening, what's happening in the Middle East and so forth.” PeopleThinkingIdeasJobsPoliticalSituationMiddleEvolutionHappeningsVoteEastOur SocietyIndividualismMiddle EastPolitical SystemsDominatingSociological Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible consequences of the British people just taking control of our own destiny.And, the truth is, if we vote to Leave we will be in an economically stronger position. We will be able to take back some of the money that we currently give to the European Union and we can invest it in our priorities.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingHas BeensWholeAbleDestinyHeardPositionTerribleTruth IsConsequenceVoteStrongerUnionsBritishCampaignsPrioritiesWarningEuropean UnionReferendums Author:Michael Gove
“There may be some who wish that he would have taken the occasion to first comment on the Brexit vote, but they're not going to abandon him. They're not gonna let the media do it. Romney people? The media could separate his supporters from him, but they can't from Trump. They don't understand this yet. They think one of these times when they do a trick like this it's gonna work and they're gonna be able to really harm [Donald] Trump.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMayAbleWishTakenMediaTrumpVoteHarmTricksOccasionsAbandonCommentSupporterRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You know, I`ve had so many conversations over the last several months with people who have come up to me and said that they`re going to go vote for the first time because they want to vote against Donald Trump because he`s scaring them.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsSaidLastsMonthsTrumpConversationFirst TimeVoteCome Up Author:Joaquin Castro
“There are people who want to import the dregs of the world into this country in order to cut this country down to size. Do not doubt me on this. I know it sounds hard to believe. Those people will be found somewhere on the political spectrum, and they vote Democrat.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantBelieveCountryHardPoliticalOrderFoundSoundDoubtCuttingVoteDemocratSizeSpectrumImportsHard To BelieveDregsPolitical SpectrumDoubt Me Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Legal immigration is a process. You learn everything about the people coming in. You find out how many of 'em are prone to vote Republican. You don't ask 'em this; you just learn.” PeopleAsksProcessRepublicanVoteImmigrationEmsLegal Immigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have to let the people vote when it comes to a new constitution.” PeopleVoteConstitution Author:Martin Schulz
“I saw [Ronald] Reagan. I've watched Jimmy Carter and his selflessness, getting involved in things like votes in African countries, but also putting his foot right into the whole Israel-Palestine crisis. Sometimes into places where people are going, "Why are you doing that?" .” PeopleCountrySometimesWholeSawsFeetInvolvedVoteCrisisIsraelSelflessnessPalestineJimmyCarter Author:David Mandel
“When historians get to write the truth about this completely unnecessary referendum [Brexit] they won't say it was a vote demanded by the British people to decide their national destiny. They will say it was the final battle in a decades-long Tory Civil War, at the heart of which was a fight to the death between two Old Etonians, David Cameron and Boris Johnson, for the hollow crown. A sort of Eton Wall Game. Where the poorest are put up against the wall and shot.” PeopleWritingHeartLongTwoWarFightingGamesDestinyWallBattleShotsVoteFinalsBritishDecadesCivil WarHistorianCrownsUnnecessaryHollowJohnsonPoorestCameronReferendumsEton Author:Brian Reade
“During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a party that was willing to get rid of black and coloured people from this country. What struck me as strange is that they weren't bothered about the thousands of white Europeans arriving from Central and Eastern Europe.” PeopleMenCountryYoungBlackWhiteViewsPartyNumbersStrangeWillingEuropeVoteCampaignsYoung ManRacistEasternBotheredArrivingSmall NumbersEastern Europe Author:Andrea Leadsom
“I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .” PeopleWayPartyInfluenceVoteVery GoodJust OneGood Way Author:Huey Newton
“I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned.” PeopleGivenTermGoneDemocracyVoteAccessMedicalShouldersGiantsTreatmentMedical TreatmentAffording Author:Annie Lennox
“Between the disillusionment that people feel about politics-as-usual, assaults on the right to vote, and the constant feelings of pressure that Americans suffer in our overworked, overstressed economy, too many people have checked out of the political process.” PeopleFeelsFeelingsPoliticalSufferingProcessEconomyVotePressureConstantUsualAssaultDisillusionmentRight To Vote Author:Annie Leonard
“People underestimate the power we have to make real change for animals; it's with our vote. Representatives may not care about animals, but they care about our vote and that is our leverage.” PeopleMayRealCareAnimalVoteRepresentativesUnderestimateReal Change Author:Shane Barbi
“People tell me, "Well, you understand where the voters are, Jeff, where the votes are, or what people are thinking," and they'll sort of - in a complimentary way. And it's a bit of an acknowledgement that we've been blind to some of these issues for too long.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsLongBitsIssuesVoteBlindVotersAcknowledgement Author:Jeff Sessions
“You cannot be president of the United States if people below $50,000 don't think you care about them and you have no real communication that motivates them to vote for you.” PeopleIfsThinkingRealStatesCarePresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommunicationVote Author:Jeff Sessions
“People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!” PeoplePoliticalLeaderVotePolitical Leaders Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“Historically, if you look back at the struggle to end slavery, the struggle to gain womens' right to vote, the labor movement - these were big social transitions in which there was a movement on the ground in which a lot of people died, but it also took an independent political party.” PeopleIfsLooksEndsBigsPoliticalSocialPartyStruggleMovementGainsLaborVoteDiedIndependentSlaveryTransitionPolitical PartiesRight To VoteLabor Movement Author:Jill Stein
“These are people that are gonna vote for Hillary Clinton. They couldn't care less that she is sleazy. They couldn't care less that she cannot tell the truth. They couldn't care less that she exposes this nation to great risk.” PeopleCareNationsRiskVoteClintonTelling The TruthGreat RiskSleazy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We focused so much on saying, "Don't vote for them and here's why" and we didn't tell the American people "Vote for us and here's why."” PeopleVoteFocused Author:Andrea Tantaros
“People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.” PeopleShouldMayEnoughMotherTurnsFatherProcessParentTeacherDoorsVoteDemocraticUrgesOrganizeGrandparentRegisterDemocratic Process Author:John Lewis
“People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.” PeopleVoteBeatenAttemptingArrestedRegister Author:John Lewis
“The [Bernie] Sanders campaign said you might be suppressing the vote by doing this 'cause people in those states might decide to stay home, that their vote doesn't count.” PeopleSaidStatesHomeMightCausesVoteCampaignsSuppressing Author:Terry Gross