Peter Hitchens Quotes

That's what my Dad always told me, on the ballot, they should always have a third choice, like none of the above, then if enough people picked that, they'd have to get new candidates.

Most people vote against somebody, rather than for somebody.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.

If you want a referendum, vote for the others. Or, in certain cases, you can stay at home, you don't vote and you could find yourself with a referendum by default because you didn't exercise your vote.

Elections are won ... chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don't support Hillary; they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don't support him; they just oppose Hillary.

Since 2000, I have proposed changing the Constitution so that our popular vote decides the presidency.

I would like to have seen millions of votes left blank for president to send a message there are millions of voters out there who do not like ideologue or Donald Trump.

I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that is, it is a vote of no confidence in your government and I'm willing to bet that in some elections, 'None of the Above' would win. Imagine if you won the election but lost to 'None of the Above'. Wouldn't that make you re-think your positions?

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

One can dismiss the Prime Minister of India most easily. All that is necessary is for Parliament to pass a vote of no-confidence.

Donald Trump could win the presidency without a popular-vote majority only because both parties have been locked into base-turnout strategies that are partially responsible for our government's ineffectiveness and gridlock.

People don't wake up to go to vote and then have their ballot not counted.

In general, I think that not voting is a perfectly honorable and civic-minded course in an election with two options that you consider unacceptable. I think casting a protest vote is a totally acceptable course. I have done both in my life.

Many people voted for Trump just to say, you know, their 'no' to the system.

I don't vote.

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.

I intend to be a candidate for those who want to vote against everyone.

I am very confident that in 2008, people's votes will count. I don't think they did in 2004. I think in 2008, they will.

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

I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.

The people participate in votes in their states to choose electors to elect the president, but the people don't elect the president. We are not a democracy; we are a democratic republic. We have a representation system of government.