Andy Andrews Quotes

I've voted in every election - not always for the same political party and never with any degree of enthusiasm.

People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you're not just speaking for yourself. You're speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school.

[People] are ready to go out and vote. There's a difference between being ready and energized and actually going out and voting.

In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your responsibility, you have a political conscience and you came to vote, but you don't agree with any of the existing parties and this is the only way you have of saying so.

I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'

Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.

It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Elections aren't just about who votes but who doesn't vote.

Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.

My fear is turnout. I think a lot of people might think: 'Well, in the end, it's the rational thing to stay, but I'll let other people make that choice for me.' Don't. This is very close, no doubt about it.

Voting statistics for younger voters is pathetic.

If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess - you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?

People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.

As I was saying, half a democracy is showing up and people have got not only to agree with this agenda, some of these third parties listeners, they've got to show up.

I really want to get the word out to people to register because of course, the more people vote, the more our democracy works.

It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.

Every election is determined by the people who show up.

If you don't vote, you're going to get a spanking.

We do have some people that have never voted before.

I feel that one of the reasons Brexit happened was that people stayed at home rather than going to the polls.

Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.

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.