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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.

It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it's thinkable and not a waste of...

Quotes by Angus King

In the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats built their campaign around a pledge to abolish tuition fees. By the end of that year, however, they had tripled them instead. The Liberal Democrats had made young people feel as if...

Quotes by Angela Rayner

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

Quotes by Aneurin Bevan

It was obvious after the '97 election that as long as there were two small-c conservative parties trying to destroy each other, the Liberals would win every election.

Quotes by Andrew Scheer

I do not comment on politics, but I see computerization of the election process as good for stability and social harmony.

Quotes by Andrew Tan

When you have an election campaign,it has to be simple and something everybody can relate to.

Quotes by Andrew Lansley

Florida wants to get married. We want to stop this every-two-year or every-four-year dating process where, in between those election cycles, investments in our state diminish.

Quotes by Andrew Gillum

The polls tell us something, but they don't tell us everything. They don't tell us how people are going to show up on Election Day.

Quotes by Andrew Gillum

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed.

Quotes by Andrew Greeley

It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night.

Quotes by Andrea Mitchell

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them.

Quotes by Anatoly Chubais

The sense that I get is that every election cycle, the mainstream press devolves more and more.

Quotes by Ana Kasparian

The 2016 election unquestionably deepened the divide between liberals and conservatives.

Quotes by Ana Kasparian

The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.

Quotes by Anand Giridharadas

Election time is when you start to hear about 'average people,' 'working families,' 'patriotic Americans' and such.

Quotes by Anand Giridharadas

Election security is national security, and we have to start acting like it.

Quotes by Amy Klobuchar

Women aren't sitting back after they win an election. They're leaning in!

Quotes by Amy Klobuchar

Every major life decision in my 20s and 30s - when to get married, where to buy an apartment, whether to freeze my eggs until after the election - had revolved around a single looming question: What about Hillary Clinton?

Quotes by Amy Chozick

A national party cannot win an election riding piggyback on the rebels of the rival party.

Quotes by Amit Shah

Every election is important for national politics.

Quotes by Amit Shah

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.