General Elections Quotes:

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.

- Brian Lamb

topic: Party, Election, Vote, General Elections

You know, winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification, or a sign, of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win, because every nominee wins Democratic primaries.

- Mark Penn

source: "Clinton camp begins 11th hour effort" by David Paul Kuhn, www.politico.com. February 16, 2008.

topic: Winning, Election, Democratic, General Elections

Could one start a Stagnation Party-which at General Elections would boast that during its term of office no event of the least importance had taken place?

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Party, Taken, Office, General Elections

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

- Ken Livingstone

topic: Election, Accurate, Polling, General Elections

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

- Pat Robertson

topic: Party, Thinking, Winning, General Elections

I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.

- Tony Blair

topic: Party, Destiny, Government, General Elections

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me.

- Paul Weyrich

topic: Gun, Issues, Abortion, Pro Abortion, General Elections

There was also a sense that if he [Obama] did not win in Iowa, that it was very unlikely that he would be able to come back and win the Democratic nomination and win the general election. It was sort of an all-or-nothing bet. The stakes were that high.

- Josh Earnest

topic: Winning, Iowa, Would Be, General Elections

I've been in politics all my life. In 1945, I committed my first act of civil disobedience during the election campaign for the first post-World War II general election, when the Labour Party, to everyone's amazement, ousted the Conservatives. I refused to obey the instructions of a policeman, and as a result, almost got a belt around the ear, because those were the days when policemen could hit children and nobody cared, they thought it was probably good for them.

- Patrick Stewart

source: Source: time.com

topic: Children, War, Party, General Elections

What I'm concerned about is the views of many Democrats who know their states, who know how hard it is to win a general election. And it also will push whoever the nominee is into the spotlight. I've been vetted. There's hardly anything you don't know about me. And I think it's fair to say that whoever is in that position, Senator Bernie Sanders or anyone else who might have run, will face the most withering onslaught.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

topic: Running, Thinking, Winning, General Elections

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views may not reflect the views of most members of their own respective parties, much less the views of those who are going to vote in the November general election.

- Thomas Sowell

source: "Bipartisan Primary Blues". www.nationalreview.com. March 25, 2008.

topic: Party, Views, Zealous, General Elections

If you look at polls, Hillary Clinton is considered the toughest in a field of men. That`s no small victory for her going towards a general election.

- Joe Conason

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Men, Victory, Looks, Small Victories, General Elections

Is this so-called [Republican Party] hate wing that is so angry at all the things that have - all the changes that have happened in America, this is what they respond to.And I think it`s dangerous for the country, I also think it`s going to be incredibly unsuccessful in the general election.

- Howard Dean

source: The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, www.msnbc.com. December 23, 2015.

topic: Country, Hate, Party, General Elections

We've got to be willing to lose the primary in order to win the general election.

- Jeb Bush

topic: Winning, Order, Election, General Elections

Our [Republicans'] object is to avoid having stupid candidates who can't win general elections, who are undisciplined, can't raise money, aren't putting together the support necessary to win a general election campaign, because this money is too difficult to raise to be spending it on behalf of candidates who have little chance of winning in a general election.

- Karl Rove

topic: Stupid, Winning, Support, Undisciplined, General Elections

I always believed that WikiLeaks as a concept would perform a global role, and to some degree it was clear that it was doing that as far back as 2007 when it changed the result of the Kenyan general election.

- Julian Assange

topic: Degrees, Wikileaks, Roles, General Elections

The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.

- David Letterman

topic: Mean, Years, Iraq, General Elections

If you're running to be president of the United States, you can't just tell people you're going to make America great again. I think you need to begin to explain exactly how you're going to do it policy-wise. We're not going to win a general election with a candidate that refuses to detail policy.

- Marco Rubio

source: Source: www.cbsnews.com

topic: Wise, Running, Winning, General Elections

He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years. Then he said maybe five years. Listen, if there's a problem in his taxes, the voters have a right to know, because come September, October, the general election, folks in the media are going to make a heyday about any problems in his taxes.

- Ted Cruz

source: "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

topic: Media, Years, Two, Heyday, General Elections

I think Donald Trump is a pragmatic sort of populist and who tell people anything in any moment that he wants them to hear, if he thinks that it`s going to be to his advantage, that everything is going to reset in the general election, assuming that he is the nominee, and I think it will be interesting to watch how many people feel betrayed or conned with the game he played with the Republican Party at this point.

- Ben Domenech

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Party, Thinking, Games, General Elections

The Indian voter today is very mature. He votes in one fashion in the Lok Sabha elections, he votes in a different manner in the State Assembly elections. We have seen this. In 2014, the General Elections conincided with the Odisha Assembly elections. The same electorate gave one judgement for Odisha and another judgement for Delhi. So this country's voter is very mature and we should trust his maturity.

- Narendra Modi

source: Source: www.huffingtonpost.in

topic: Country, Fashion, Maturity, General Elections

It's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton was a deeply, deeply flawed alternative. She had the wrong combination of the internal political chops to muscle out all the mainstream nominations from the field, leaving only Bernie Sanders, who was unacceptable to the Democrats' party establishment. But she also had a real lack of political skill that would enable her to win the general election.

- Jonathan Chait

source: Source: www.macleans.ca

topic: Real, Party, Winning, General Elections

There's more than 1700 emails out of the thirty three thousand Hillary Clinton emails that we've published, just about Libya. It's not that Libya has cheap oil. She perceived the removal of [Muammar] Gaddafi and the overthrow of the Libyan state - something that she would use in her run-up to the general election for President.

- Julian Assange

source: Source: www.zerohedge.com

topic: Running, Oil, President, Muammar Gaddafi, Gaddafi

In America, we've been around for 240 years. We've had free and fair elections. We've accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them. And that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Years, America, May, General Elections

The Conservative Party isn't electing a leader in opposition after losing a general election who can build up over five years and gain experience. We're electing somebody who's going to be our prime minister in two months' time, and that's why it's very important we have somebody with strong experience, who's good at working with the international community and can hit the ground running.

- Chris Grayling

source: Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

topic: Running, Strong, Party, Conservative Party, General 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

There is no question that I would be the better president. But as for the campaign, are Americans ready for a general election in which both major party candidates are ADD? Quite frankly, it could provide an opening for a third party candidate, maybe someone backed by the evil Koch brothers.

- Joe Biden

source: Interview with Chris Wallace, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2015.

topic: Brother, Party, Evil, General Elections

In seats where perhaps we don't expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.

- Theresa May

source: "Theresa May answers your questions". ConservativeHome Interview, conservativehome.blogs.com. May 18, 2007.

topic: Winning, Giving, Next, General Elections, Give Us A Chance

If I had to guess what the new Etch-A-Sketch picture is going to be like, it's going to be considerably less to the right. Romney has backed himself into a couple of corners that I don't think will serve him well in the general election, the main one being very harsh stands on immigration, which I think are not only short-sighted but to my mind immoral.

- Anna Quindlen

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Couple, Thinking, Mind, Etch A Sketch, General Elections

Donald Trump talks about how he's not going to be controlled by the moneyed interests. Do people understand that he's not giving money to his campaign, he's loaning it because he expects to get money back from those same big donors he decries right now? He's planning on running a general election based upon raising money from those very people.

- Mitt Romney

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Running, Giving Money, People, Raising Money, General Elections

We got the clearest picture of Donald Trump`s weaknesses and liabilities in a general election. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally gave up on trying to convince Republican primary voters that Trump is not a real conservative, attacks that have failed to resonate.

- Chris Hayes

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Real, Trying, Voters, Marcos, General Elections

I will not be able to carry the physical burden of leading the Party at the next general election. I hope it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the Party about its future leadership.

- Harold MacMillan

topic: Party, Able, Next, Consultation, General Elections

We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all pave the way for a General Election to elect a Labour Government.

- Arthur Scargill

topic: Recovery, Years, Government, Economic Recovery, General Elections

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election.

- Edward Heath

topic: Party, Scotland, Victory, Conservative Party, General Elections

This is my first week as an American citizen. It's amazing. Now I can vote in the general election - and for American Idol.

- Craig Ferguson

topic: Idols, Citizens, Firsts, General Elections

That could be the issue that the party - that the party faces as we get ready to potentially nominate someone who`s utterly unelectable in a general election contest.

- Steve Schmidt

source: Source: www.nbcnews.com

topic: Party, Issues, Faces, General Elections

In a Balkan country, not so many years ago, a party which had been beaten by a narrow margin in a general election retrieved its fortunes by shooting a sufficient number of the representatives of the other side to give it a majority. . . . Cromwell and Robespierre . . . acted likewise.

- Bertrand Russell

source: Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.136, Routledge

topic: Country, Party, Years, Balkans, Cromwell

Once the impact of climate change becomes visible, politics will react quickly and forcefully. We saw that in Germany in 2002 during the floods on the Elbe River. They, in fact, determined the result of the (general) elections (later that same year).

- Hermann E. Ott

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Impact, Years, Rivers, General Elections

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

- David Brooks

topic: President, Limits, Firsts, General Elections

In that first national election after 9/11 in France, Jean-Marine Le Pen did not win the presidency, but he did get to the final round. He was in the general election. Now, this week, in the first national elections in France after what many people have been calling the French 9/11, the attacks in Paris three weeks ago, this time it`s Jean-Marie Le Pen`s daughter, Marine Le Pen and the National Front, which is still a far right pseudo- fascistic party, they came in first place in France.

- Rachel Maddow

topic: Daughter, Party, Marine, General Elections

When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.

- Ed Koch

topic: Issues, People, Firsts, General Elections

The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party.

- Rand Paul

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Party, Independent, Winning, Independent Voters, General Elections

Ronald Reagan four times accepted the limits in contributions of what he could take, what he could spend, and the public funding for the general elections. So I just think the idea that it didn't work, and didn't work - it did work. It worked brilliantly.

- Mark Shields

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Thinking, Ideas, Four, General Elections

And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that.

- Clare Short

topic: Loss, Suffering, Population, General Elections

If the primary ends up being a hard hitting, bloody battle, well so be it. Let's get ready for the general election

- Steve Lonegan

topic: Battle, Hitting, Election, General 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

The next General Election isn't about electing yet another Labour or Tory MP to join the hundreds of other Labour or Tory MPs in London. It will be about electing a candidate who will put solving people's problems before scoring political points. Someone who will fight for the future of our communities here in Clwyd West.

- Llyr Huws Gruffydd

topic: Fighting, Mps, People, General Elections

Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.

- Rosa Luxemburg

source: Rosa Luxemburg (1961). “The Russian Revolution, and Leninism Or Marxism?”, p.71, University of Michigan Press

topic: Freedom, Battle, Speech, Freedom Of Assembly, General Elections

You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.

- Allen West

topic: Thinking, Two, Voice, Representatives, Caucus

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

- Lucy Powell

topic: Party, Voting, Democracy, Push Ups, General Elections