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Elections Quotes

Under the current trajectory, President Trump is on the precipice of one of the worst electoral defeats in modern presidential elections and the worst historically for an incumbent president.

– Sam Nunberg

Former Trump political adviser who worked on his successful 2016 campaign.

I have won elections and I have lost elections.

– Hillary Clinton

Congressional dysfunction is the logical result of closed primaries, too many gerrymandered one-party seats, and low-turnout elections.

– John Delaney

Donors don’t win elections; voters win elections.

– Jeff Sessions

I’ve been in a lot of elections.

– Arlen Specter

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

– Benazir Bhutto

What’s the point of elections if everything is already decided?

– Dmitry Medvedev

Tony Blair – good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country.

– Gwen Ifill

I’m not afraid of elections. I’ve won every election I’ve fought in.

– Ehud Barak

Democrats tend to think of elections as cycles. Republicans don’t: It’s ongoing and constant.

– Dannel Malloy

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

– Nate Silver

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn’t have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

– Conrad Burns

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

– Danny Strong

A page is turning for me. I won’t be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

– Nicolas Sarkozy

We’ve got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That’s appalling. We can do so much better.

– Joan Blades

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

– James Baker

Elections are about choices.

– Ken Cuccinelli

Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.

– Joseph Cummins

Elections have consequences.

– Judd Gregg

Elections aren’t just about who votes but who doesn’t vote.

– Michelle Obama

Elections are rarely perfect.

– Richard Holbrooke

Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.

– Richard Engel

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

– Todd Akin

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.

– Ted Kulongoski

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

– Tim Kaine