Midterm Elections Quotes:

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

- Nate Silver

topic: Election, Boring, Midterm Elections, Midterms

I have won elections and I have lost elections.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Election, Lost, Midterm Elections

Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

- Tim Kaine

topic: President, Firsts, Election, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote.

- David Letterman

topic: Cutting, Knives, Tomorrow, Midterms, Midterm Elections

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.

- Thomas E. Mann

topic: America, Democracy, World, Midterm Elections

I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

- James Baker

topic: Presidential, Election, Frustrating, Midterm Elections

You can't be too right too soon and win elections.

- George W. Romney

topic: Winning, Election, Midterm Elections

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

- Russ Feingold

topic: Law, Needs, Election, Midterm Elections

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

- Brent Scowcroft

topic: Important, Firsts, Steps, Midterm Elections

Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections.

- George Montgomery

topic: Democracy, Viagra, Election, Midterm Elections, Free Elections

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour.

- Paul Merton

topic: Thinking, Election, Vote, Midterm Elections, General Elections

Kim Kardashian tweeted that she is supporting President Obama in the midterm elections. I think it worked because all of the polls are predicting that after tonight Barack Obama will still be president of the United States.

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Thinking, President, United States, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Today is the midterm elections. The Washington Post is predicting that there's a 98 percent chance of the Republicans taking the Senate and The New York Times says there's a 75 percent chance. And CNN said, 'Wait, that's today?'

- Jimmy Fallon

topic: New York, Cnn, Waiting, Midterms, Midterm Elections

In the midterm elections, a 102-year-old woman voted for the first time in a U.S. election. Unfortunately, she voted for Woodrow Wilson.

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Years, Firsts, Election, Midterms, Midterm Elections

What's blinking red on my radar is the fact that for people who prioritize abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights, those things are coming out of state legislatures, and some of the laws on reproduction stuff is coming out of city council, and so what's getting at me is the fact that there's just a fundamental lack of understanding that these laws are happening and being created by people who often won by ten votes in a midterm election.

- Lizz Winstead

source: Source: www.glamour.com

topic: Law, Cities, Rights, Midterms, State Legislatures

Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White House tomorrow. When asked if he's nervous, Obama said, 'Oh, I'm not going to be there. I just invited them over. They can figure it out themselves.'

- Jimmy Fallon

topic: Party, White, House, Midterms, Midterm Elections

The Republican Party had a big day in yesterday's midterm elections and now controls the House and Senate. And don't ask me how this happened, but the Republican Party also gained control of three seats in our show's band.

- Conan O'Brien

topic: Party, Yesterday, House, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [ abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights] very much because Donald Trump and the general election is sucking all the air out of the room - if people aren't paying attention to their state, they're certainly not paying attention to what's happening in other states.

- Lizz Winstead

source: Source: www.glamour.com

topic: Rights, Air, People, Midterms, Midterm Elections

All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate Obama had it on his side in 2008. The Democrats had it on their side in 2006. The enthusiasm, the intensity, the passion was all on their side.

- Mark Shields

source: "Shields and Brooks: Will Voters Think Democrats Have Gone Too Liberal?". "Newshour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 22, 2010.

topic: Passion, People, President, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in the midterm elections. But no one has told Republican candidates, who are still pounding away at the Affordable Care Act on the stump. And no one has told voters, especially those in states with closely contested Senate races, who regularly place it among the top issues of the campaign.

- Byron York

topic: Believe, Race, Years, Stumps, Midterms

I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George W.] Bush tax cuts and the swap he makes after the midterm elections, which is he doesn't agree with the Bush tax cuts.

- Ron Suskind

topic: Cutting, Thinking, Doe, Midterms, Midterm Elections

We thought New York City was home to 8 million rats. Turns out, that's a little high. The actual number is 2 million rats. That explains the light turnout for the midterm elections.

- David Letterman

topic: New York, Home, Light, Midterms, Midterm Elections

The Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really know what happened to the Democrats until they find the black box.

- David Letterman

topic: Black, Juggernaut, Election, Midterms, Midterm Elections

The big news is the midterm elections. Last night Republicans picked up a dozen seats in the House to give them their biggest majority since World War II. Or as they put it, 'Time to party like it's 1939!'

- Jimmy Fallon

topic: War, Party, Night, Midterms, Midterm Elections

You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: School, Boards, Levels, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: www.cbsnews.com

topic: Battle, Majority, Losing, Midterms, Landslides

The Democrats have lost a thousand electoral seats in America in midterm elections, 2010, 2014. The people of this country are clearly willing to vote against Democrats. They are clearly willing to vote for Republicans. But when you get to the presidential election, it better be somebody that's not just part of the establishment. That's the message, and that's what they're not getting.

- Rush Limbaugh

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Country, America, People, Midterms, Midterm Elections

Conservative presence in the media has not been reflected in elections. Well, maybe the midterm elections of 2010, 2014.

- Rush Limbaugh

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Media, Conservative, Election, Midterms, Midterm Elections

The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were not ideological enough.

- Sam Tanenhaus

source: Source: www.npr.org

topic: Two, Answers, Conservative, Midterms, Midterm Elections