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Election Quotes

Most Famous Election Quotes of All Time!

Elections bring out strong opinions in this collection, including a pointed critique of a campaign's core messaging measured against founding ideals. It's a reminder that election language is scrutinized closely, a theme also found in our Elections collection.

In most countries, a lopsided election represents a mandate that the winning party could then use to implement their agenda, but the U.S. political system seems to have been made to prevent such an occurrence.

Quotes by Fabrizio Moreira

The first half of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, even in redacted form, leaves no room for debate: This president and his campaign eagerly exploited help from Russian agents, despite being aware that Russia was sabotaging our election.

Quotes by Eric Swalwell

Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about....

Quotes by Eric Cantor

Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election.

Quotes by Eric Alterman

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

Quotes by Emma Thompson

Whether we make it a condition or just through persuasion or just through popular support, whatever it takes, we really do need to shift through a system of voting where the way the Canadian public votes is the way the...

Quotes by Elizabeth May

The term 'alt-left' sprang up long after the term 'alt-right,' which was coined in 2010 by white supremacist Richard Spencer, and defined by the Associated Press just after the 2016 election as a movement based on a mix of white...

Quotes by Elizabeth Flock

While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease.

Quotes by Eliot Spitzer

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

Quotes by Ehud Barak

For a politician, the long term is between now and the next election.

Quotes by Edgar Fiedler

The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.

Quotes by Ed Gillespie

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate and giving them a choice in this election of a real common sense conservative Reagan Republican.

Quotes by Doug Hoffman

Newspapers can make their own judgment in terms of who they support in a general election. Our responsibility is to make a considered judgment about where the national interest lies.

Quotes by Douglas Alexander

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

Quotes by Donald Wuerl

The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country.

Quotes by Donna Brazile

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

Quotes by Donna Brazile

Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to...

Quotes by Dick Morris

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Quotes by Deng Xiaoping

It would have been a very, very good thing if the next election after Margaret went we had lost.

Quotes by Denis Thatcher

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of election quotes are gathered here?
A mix of viewpoints on U.S. elections — from sharp criticism of a specific campaign slogan and gun-policy debates around election season, to a more constitutional question about what it would take to legitimately "undo" an election result, plus a wry, older-style quip about the word "Americanism" being useful for winning votes.
Do these quotes represent the site's own opinion on any candidate or policy?
No — they're reported as attributed statements exactly as said, including quotes critical of a named president's campaign message and of gun-control advocacy; presenting a quote here isn't an endorsement of the view it expresses.
What does the quote about undoing an election mean?
It's making a narrow, constitutional point — that overturning an election result would require behavior that meets the legal standard for "subverting and threatening" the system of government, not a casual process.
Why would someone quote "I don't know much about Americanism"?
It's a dry, self-aware jab at how political buzzwords get used more for their rhetorical punch in a campaign than for any precise meaning — a comment on election-season language itself.
Is there a Hindi version of election-themed content on this site?
Yes, Shayari covers the same general subject in original Hindi verse; for related word-variant quote pages, see Elections or Election Day.

There's also a sober note that undoing an election requires meeting a real constitutional standard, not just dissatisfaction with the outcome, alongside a lighter jab at how a single evocative word can carry a whole campaign. See our Election Day quotes for more.