Voters Quotations | Page 3

But the result of not allowing her on the ballot is the voters in the 3rd Ward will have no candidate in the general election.

Bush's political opponents will have ammunition, but I don't think it will really resonate with voters because the economy is doing pretty well.

Bush is the most partisan president in modern American history. As a result, voters in both parties are focusing on him, rather than on the specifics of the policies.

Bush has to give a compelling reason to voters to make a change. In times of peace and prosperity, the incumbent party has all the trump cards.

Burns has mounted a pretty strong defense of himself, but according to a poll released last week, voters don't seem to be buying it.

Based on the national elections that took place in January, we anticipate that insurgents will attempt to intimidate voters and deprive them of the opportunity to vote,

Based on population growth. We could pay off the existing bond early, or as the bond is paid down we could go to voters for new facilities without raising their taxes.

Basically there are 25,000 registered voters in the district, about 4,000 will vote in this election, and whoever gets 2,000 votes will win. Can someone who's been on TV get 2,000 votes? We'll see. Am I worried? No.

Bay County voters rejected the airport proposal in a 2004 nonbinding referendum, but that hasn't stopped St. Joe or the state from pursuing this boondoggle. This is neither the time nor the place to build a destructive new airport as corporate welfare. We already have an underutilized airport that can serve the region well into the future when we will know much more about the troubled aviation industry, the realistic prospects for another airport, and the true environmental and financial cost.

Because the voters are going to decide this issue one way or the other, I just don't think the candidates' positions are that big of a deal.

Because so many voters happen to be illiterate, India invented the party symbol, so that voters who could not read the name of their candidate could vote for him or her anyway by recognizing the symbol under which they campaigned.

I'm a little overwhelmed. I'm appreciative of the support shown by all the voters in Framingham. Hopefully they've heard my message about the need for change.

I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq.

I firmly believe that voters have a right to know where candidates receive their support before they cast their votes.

If independent voters start breaking our way in this election, that's a good omen for '06 and '08. It's a good signal that we retain New Jersey, and it's even better if we win in a Southern state like Virginia.

I feel like the voters made their decision.

I can't imagine too many voters rising in defense of the corrupt practices of the GOP House.

Francine Busby is trying to play the guilt-by-association game instead of talking about the issues that hard-working voters want to hear about, like illegal immigration and balancing the federal budget. We are not going to play that tit-for-tat game.

Four years ago Clinton hadn't had his problems, ... I also think that sometimes we react to an election late. Character probably should have been a concern four years ago and it wasn't. I think the American voters are saying, 'We're not going to make that mistake again this time.'

For Senator McCain, his reputation as a maverick tirelessly working to reform the culture of Washington appears to be exactly what voters want.

Friends in high places, as you might say, are important to voters as well as the politicians, and Akaka can claim having friends in high places ? most Democrats in the U.S. Senate, for example.

If a county touches the coast, it's going to be very different politically, and the differences are becoming more dramatic. Voters there have a very different attitude about a lot of things.

I don't want to attack that group. We'll let the voters decide in August. To me if you look at a map it is pretty obvious what their motives are. But I'm not going to get into a debate over it.

For the second month in a row, Democrats in Minnesota have stood up to the GOP's underhanded tactics. While the governor chose to play games with special elections, voters in Minnesota made it clear who represents their values.

Given the strength of this (trial) court decision, the opponents to Proposition 71 should demonstrate their respect for the voters of California who overwhelmingly approved this initiative, and patient families who suffer every day with the advance of chronic disease, by dropping their intent to appeal.

give voters confidence and faith in the elections process.

If that's true, it's certainly welcome news. But we have reason to believe that voters are already being challenged at the polls, and we'll certainly be monitoring it.

If the deal gets done by (Tuesday), the printer still has the ability to deliver the ballots to voters by mid-May.

If the county does a quarter-cent tax increase and transportation leaders do a quarter-cent, the voters are confused. But if the county, city and transportation leaders put their shoulders to the wheel for a half-cent tax, the measure wins.

If the Fed continues to raise interest rates, it puts a damper on the spirits of voters and consumers and that is bad news for Al Gore.

If someone tries to be a stand-in to take her place, that is not what the voters are voting for. They expect the wife to be at the governor's side.

If it's a close race between second and third place, that number of voters could be very important.

He tends to support policies which would broaden opportunities for voters to register.

He has galvanized Democratic voters against him. So, now the question is, with him gone, will those energized voters maintain that energy for the next seven months.

help us move forward on the single most critical issue facing all voters -- ensuring that every vote is counted.

We expect to have a lot of first-time, in-person voters taking advantage of a more acceptable process.

Whatever it takes for voters to have a fully heard say in this -- that's what we want try to do.

There is a high level of upset among voters who feel their franchise was violated, ... One voter said she got a sample ballot in the mail, filled out all the little circles, then took it to the polls. It wasn't until she saw the discussion later in the news that she realized she had picked the wrong circle.

There is a feeling that we should have had these voters all along. We stand for everything these developing communities need.

The people who are here are here because they are committed to making sure that we all work together for the betterment of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States. Frankly, I find that most of the people here have already made up their minds. Most of the people here are pretty politically involved one way or another and they already have got their commitments. I am not sure that I will convince a lot of voters today.

We support this budget enthusiastically and are confident that the voters will agree.

What you see above is not simply sloppy polling; it's a direct manipulation of the survey to create their desired results. The voters in Houston deserve to know about these deceptive antics to manipulate these polls.

HAVA contains important reforms designed to ensure that elections for federal office will both allow access to all voters and ensure the integrity of the process.

For me personally it is a vindication. ... I said this $13 million was meant to scare voters into approving the referendum. There was no cash-flow crisis.

He's just sick about it. He feels that he let his family down, and the voters of Bristol Township down. And he's certainly not happy about not being able to vote for four years. But he's in good spirits and he's working to get his life back on track.

He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the voters that he can be both.

History shows us that voters turned on Alan Dixon for his vote on Clarence Thomas.

Historically, when big issues confront the electorate, young voters come to the polls. In 2004, it was the war in Iraq.

He's being viewed as someone with a lot at stake in the bond deal but one who was willing to compromise. Unlike last year when he seemed to be saying, 'My way or the highway,' this year he appears to be conciliatory. He seemed to be willing to settle, and voters understand that.

There are numbers of polling stations whose electoral material was looted by gunmen, and voters at the polling station in many areas in this area were targeted by gunmen wearing military and different uniforms.

we look forward to presenting that record to the voters next year.

I actually don't express contempt for the rank-and-file conservative voters in Kansas. The conservative reviews of the book claim that I do, but by and large I am very respectful of these people. I certainly don't try to make these people sound crazy. In a lot of ways I really respect them.

There are so many candidates in the race. Whoever can get a critical mass of voters will win the race.

Kevin and Bert won in the primary, and this tells the voters who the candidates will be who appear on the Democratic line on the ballot.

Kerry's statements to Dubuque voters make it clear that he will say anything to anyone at any time if he thinks it will help him score political points,

I wouldn't be surprised if as many as 25 percent of New Jersey voters said they are supporting Kean because of his father's record, or because they like his father.

I would say there is a great risk as we go into the next two weeks of a very brief campaign period but certainly the U.N. and the international peacekeepers and police force here are very much on alert and will be quite quick frankly to put down any attempts to disrupt the election. I think it is everybody's concern now that there are only two candidates that some aspects of the voters in Liberia will become more polarized and thus, in some ways, the danger of some sort of election related violence or disruption is much greater now than it was prior to the 11th of October.

Katherine Harris would have Florida voters believe she's on the verge of being destitute because, she claims, she has put all her inherited $10-million fortune on the line. But public records put her remaining net worth at up to $39 million. You simply cannot believe a single thing Katherine Harris says, about this or anything else.

John Eddie Williams has taken a sudden and expensive interest in the SD7 race. But instead of being upfront about his involvement in a Republican Party primary, Williams apparently attempted to hide his contribution by sending it through an innocuously named political action committee. Voters deserve to know the true source of campaign funding and the real players in the race.

Italian voters are not going to be overly impressed by television footage of Berlusconi with George Bush. The overriding issue in these elections is the economy. In 2001, Italians voted for Berlusconi because he promised they would be better off: actually they feel worse off.

I think it (Friday's report) is incredibly important from a market point of view. But I'm not sure that swing voters in rural Ohio are going to be into the non-farm payroll number.

I think it could have an adverse effect. It could generate more no voters and be viewed negatively as an increased cost.

I think it's a two-step process and it looks like he's successfully getting people over in terms of step one to the undecided column. But there's a segment of voters who are withholding judgment. They know who Schwarzenegger is, but they are not sure.

I think it's important that you know where I stand, what I believe and what may happen before I'm elected, not after you elect me. I propose that we fix the (budget) problem with an equitable mix of budget cuts, restructuring the city pension plan, and if necessary -- and only as a last resort -- I might ask the voters to consider a sales tax increase of one-half cent.

It certainly lays a path for future candidates to communicate with voters on something other than race- or religion-based formulas.

It is a complicated for the judges to administer. It should be an easier system for our voters to use.

I think the key point is that voters will only support a good project. Regardless of these kinds of things, if the need is there, voters will approve it.

I think the charge of a cover-up is false and irresponsible. This was legislation intended to protect the rights of voters who register at a license branch to make sure that, if there's a delay in getting the paper copy or the electronic signature, they'll still be able to vote.

I think the district belongs to the voters who live there and vote there, ... I'm too busy doing the job I was elected to do to focus too much on an election that's over a year away.

It is good for the voters to see them, ... Our aim is to educate voters.

I think we will eventually need to have an operating budget referendum but the problem is I don't think voters will go for it until we've changed how we handle the budget that we have.

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.

I think Americans are - particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt, too many Washington takeovers, and they want to provide a check and a balance to what they see as a runaway, overreaching Washington government.

I think a lot of the voters haven't seen us play. They just look at our record and see the six losses.

It has all the elements that the Globe voters like. It has an important social message. It has A-list stars. It's part of the public debate.

I think voters have sent a strong message this past election that they want someone who will go down and work on issues that are priorities for the citizens in the district. Like traffic congestion and finding solutions to the traffic problems, as well as education and development. As state senator, those are the priorities that I will work on.

I think voters are seeing each and every day that this governor just doesn't have the competence and the credibility to govern.

I think voters are repulsed by the floor-crossers who took away their democratic mandate and this is an opportunity to make it right.

I think voters are expecting a competent mayor, somebody who can get things done and get them done fairly. We're in sort of a post-party politics period here, where the traditional tribal politics are being replaced by a competency model.

It is our firm view that the declaration of this day as a public holiday will enable voters to exercise their democratic right to vote as enshrined in our Constitution.

I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.

I think we're in excellent position to be on the ballot in November. From our experiences with voters over the last five months, we have no doubt it will pass by a large margin.

I will listen and if I can't provide an answer, I'll find one and get back (to them). There are several organizations that have been ignored and nobody told them why. That's one thing I believe in, if someone asks you a question, you need to know an answer or find one out. Voters want to hear back from their officials and want officials to give them the time of day.

I think they had a big influence, not on core Green voters but on the 8 per cent of people polls showed were yet to decide on their vote.

I think these revelations should matter to voters because I think ethics should count for something in a public servant.

I think the voters in the district wanted change, and they supported my effort to bring change to the board.

I think the voters get it. They appreciate someone who is willing to do some tough love.

I think South Carolina is a great test for winning in the South, winning among rural voters and winning among the African-American voters,

I think sometimes the voters try to compare us with the starting pitchers. We can't compete with their statistics, their innings or their strikeouts. I think if you compare us against each other, I think you'll see we're all pretty equal.

Japanese voters have shown in the last elections their deep understanding toward Prime Minister Koizumi who says pos-tal reform is the core of his reform program.

Jerry Kilgore is beginning to realize voters aren't interested in smear ads and negative attacks.

is certainly more liberal than mainstream voters in the state are.

Our goal was basically to make sure the voters clearly knew what the amendment would mean and what it would do.

Over the last nine months, some of you may have noticed it turned out to be a real hard fought campaign. But as I stand here today, I am honored, I am humbled and I am incredibly energized by the mandate I have been given by the voters of Tompkins County.

Our focus is on Republican voters. We'll continue to have a discussion among Republican primary voters (about) why Ken Blackwell is the best candidate.

Overall, I think the voters spoke pretty loudly that they like the independence of their own hand-picked candidates over a billionaire from San Antonio.

Our basic objection is that the county indigent health care fund is a fund of last resort, and if another funding source is available, which it is, then the law passed by the voters requires that it be used instead.

Our campaign is designed to reach those 13 million eligible voters who are so disillusioned they didn't even vote in last year's election.

Other speakers claimed Georgia's new photo-ID law would suppress poor and elderly minority voters who might lack such a document. When the bill passed the Georgia House in March, black legislators sang slave songs and one even slammed a prisoner's shackles on the desk of the sponsor,

Republican voters feel betrayed by the chairman of our party who is clearly using her position to favor a particular candidate in the June primary.