Anand Giridharadas Quotes

Anything can happen when people run for office.

In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

Working people vote!

I think the main thing we can do, whether you agree or not, I don't think that's the real issue, the real issue is this November and there's an election.

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Political elections are not life and death.

The way to help this country is to limit Republican power.

You've got to lose a few [elections] before you learn what the American system is all about.

The very foundation of our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.

We live in a representative democracy, characterized by free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. After most elections, roughly half of Americans are thrilled with the results; the other half are profoundly disappointed.

I always say if anybody is running for president, for office, I always take them seriously.

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

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

I'm tired now of the elections.

I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

I think it would be an extreme poverty indeed if there weren't more than one person willing to compete for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing.