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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.

And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it.

Quotes by Kenneth Blackwell

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

Quotes by Ken Livingstone

Jeremy Corbyn's election was the most hopeful thing since the Labour Party began. He's the first Labour leader who's ever stood on the picket line along with workers.

Quotes by Ken Loach

2016 is a change election, and that favors Trump.

Quotes by Kellyanne Conway

Donald Trump performs consistently better in online polling, where a human being is not talking to another human being about what he or she may do in the election.

Quotes by Kellyanne Conway

Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

Quotes by Kay Bailey Hutchison

In every election homophobia has been part of the landscape and in every campaign I've been able to become connected enough to my constituents that they know who I am and that I can be elected on my merits.

Quotes by Kathleen Wynne

Nearly one year on from his election, Donald Trump disregards the constitution, offends allies, and attacks minorities, the powerless, and those who are holding him to account.

Quotes by Katharine Viner

Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.

Quotes by Kate Brown

George McGovern - and I campaigned very hard for his election - was not, in the summer of 1971, a strong feminist ally. But he did come around.

Quotes by Karen DeCrow

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.

Quotes by Junius

We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared.

Quotes by Joshua A. Norton

Truth be known, President Obama has never been particularly driven by principle. Right after his election, I wrote a column in a few days warning people that even though I voted for Obama, he was not what people were describing...

Quotes by Jonathan Turley

If I made decisions around here based on the election, I wouldn't be a very good senator.

Quotes by Jon Tester

If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists interviewing morons.

Quotes by Jon Lovett

The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will ever win with the overwhelmingly white and male coalition they have now.

Quotes by John Podhoretz

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

Quotes by John Poindexter

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years.

Quotes by John M. McHugh

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.