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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.

I don't think this election is about Hillary Clinton. This election is about Donald Trump.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

Brexit is really a good forerunner of what's going to happen here in November, I think. The same angst that drove that vote is driving the American election.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

When it comes to the general election, we are no longer running as an individual: we are running as the head of a ticket. And so the party itself will be doing some things to raise money, and Mr. Trump...

Quotes by Paul Manafort

The framework of the election favors Donald Trump.

Quotes by Paul Manafort

People are what this election is all about.

Quotes by Patty Berg

The closely divided presidential election of 2000 - in which George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by the slimmest of margins in Florida - forever implanted the divide between red states and blue states in our political consciousness.

Quotes by Patrick Murphy

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

Quotes by Pat Robertson

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.

Quotes by Orson Welles

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

Quotes by Olusegun Obasanjo

When you have a general election result you don't like, you don't have another general election.

Quotes by Nicholas Soames

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.

Quotes by Newt Gingrich

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

Neil Gaiman

Appointing special counsel Robert Mueller to probe Russian meddling in the 2016 election (and any possible ties to President Trump's campaign) was the only choice the Justice Department had. This is the best way to deal with the conflicts and...

Quotes by Neal Katyal

Race is still the No. 1 determinant in every election.

Quotes by Nate Silver

One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn't just beat the Progressive establishment - he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the space of...

Quotes by Milo Yiannopoulos

The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.

Quotes by Mike Rounds

I've always been a news junkie, and an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, and this interest only ramped up during the campaign of 2016 and in the aftermath of the election.

Quotes by Michiko Kakutani

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.

Quotes by Michelle Bachelet

The first thing I remember feeling about the 2016 U.S. election was a kind of speechlessness.

Quotes by Michelle Dean

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.