Voters Quotes - Page 3

• Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

  Harvey Fierstein

  War, Government, People

  "Let the Witch Hunt Begin" by Harvey Fierstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 10, 2013.

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• I do think voters do take into consideration - particularly early state voters - take into consideration a wide range of factors, including electability, and they know that part of electability is the total package that you're presenting.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Thinking, Consideration, States

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• I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what their faith experience has been, their education, their work experience. All of those are factors that voters look at because they want to take a measure of the individual.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, People, Looks

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• I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Florida, Independent Voters

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• We need to reach out to small 'l' liberal voters who have a modern outlook on life, who want a party that is hard-headed on the economy - more credible on the economy than Labour - but more socially progressive and fairer than the Conservatives.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Outlook On Life, Needs

  "Nick Clegg takes thorny path out of the Rose Garden". Interview with Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

  Nick Clegg

  Party, Missing, Guessing

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• I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

  Jeb Bush

  Thinking, Florida, President

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• You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

  Jeb Bush

  Independent, Florida, Election

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• Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

  Jeb Bush

  Immigration, Gateways, Checks

  "What We Know About Romney and Immigration After the Republican Convention" by Frank Sharry, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2012.

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• I think the voters can make up their own minds.

  Jeb Bush

  Thinking, Mind

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• A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

  Ron Fournier

  Jobs, People, Presidential

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• Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

  Ron Fournier

  Technology, Crowds, Underestimate

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• Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

  Ron Fournier

  Jobs, Negative, Campaigns

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• There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Home, Female Role Models, Southern

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• People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Rip, People, Ends

  "Interview with Representative Dennis Kucinich". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 30, 2011.

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• As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers inside the campaigns, cutting-edge efforts to micro-target voters on Internet social applications, the enormous money flowing through super-PACs, and extreme political polarization.

  Juan Williams

  Book, Cutting, Effort

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• In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Political, World, Position

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• Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is.

  Bobby Jindal

  Believe, Skins, Louisiana

  "The end of race". www.politico.com. August 25, 2013.

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• You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver.

  Ron Fournier

  Home, Leader, Political

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• The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.

  Al Franken

  Christian, Religious, Thinking

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• This is Romney's biggest political weakness. His policy flip-flops and the general sense that he's not comfortable in his own skin leads voters, including many supporters, wondering about his core values.

  Ron Fournier

  Political, Skins, Weakness

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• The failure of the White House and Congress to seriously address the nation's fiscal situation is certain to broaden the belief among many voters that the U.S. political system is broken.

  Ron Fournier

  White, Broken, House

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• One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.

  Ron Fournier

  Father, Skins, Waste

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• Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech.

  Ron Fournier

  Vision, Speech, Process

  "Why Obama's Great Speech Fell Flat" by Ron Fournier, www.theatlantic.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.

  Bob Beauprez

  America, Mountain, Campaigns

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