Kristen Soltis Anderson Quotes

The 2014 election was not a repudiation of government in general.

For some people, loud advocacy of Trump helps to cover up the deep doubt and even shame they feel about their support for Trump.

I don't think any of us could predict Trump. Trump is the stuff of nightmares. But in talking to people, I knew there was a tremendous level of disaffection and anger and sorrow. I know people felt misrepresented and voiceless.

I think people vote Ukip from a frustration with politics, which is legitimate, and which politicians have to listen to.

Trump is playing to an audience of people who think of themselves less as Republicans and more as Americans - moderates, conservatives, and independents - who feel that the Republican Party has completely ignored their priorities and beliefs and insulted them along the way.

The people are fed up with politics and partisanship.

A tired nation is a Tory [conservative] nation.

I was ashamed to call myself a Republican during that period.

Washington concentrates on the ends of government and not the means. But the people are so disgusted by the means, that that is what they now are worried about.

All you have to do is look at Congress’s approval ratings. It’s normal that it’s low. It’s not normal that it is 9 percent or 11 percent or 13 percent. We’ve given up our legitimacy. Legitimacy is about being honest on the issues, not being partisan.

The … populace is at all times disposed to dislike the existing government, be it what it will: and as the popular party retained the government in its hands for many years, the habitual feeling against all governments happens to turn against them.

I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.

Politicians are so... detested; they don't actually walk amongst people now.

One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one's ever talking about them and the challenges they're going through.

We believe - most polls indicate - a lack of support, a lack of confidence in the ability of the Congress to work. That is disturbing in terms of our general democracy.

In the absence of specific solutions or evidence that we have people in Washington, D.C., who can make a significant difference... people will cling to those who at least speak to their frustrations.

What the media misses is the amount of anger that's out there. Trump didn't create that.

Trump was our last shot. I kind of thought it was Romney, and then lo and behold, like a miracle, Trump comes along. I still believe in Trumpism. I have no regrets for ferociously supporting him. What choice did we have?

It's a very angry electorate out there. I think Trump is tapping into that.

The Democrats are besides themselves because they don't understand Trump. They don't understand: you don't get between the American people - because Americans are upset.

I wish I could renounce politics.

We do have our challenges. Some things don't always work right in Washington, and the anger you see from the electorate, I think, is a reflection of what's not working right.

I'm out of the Republican Party. I'm fed up.

People don't trust party leaders.

In rural communities, people are upset with the government, upset with what they see as business as usual. They saw Obama as a change agent, and they saw Donald Trump as a change agent.