Donna Brazile Quotes

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There's no doubt about that.

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

I've had four presidential candidates visit me in the tents, and they all lost. I tried to get Hillary down here, but she's too smart. She won't come to the tents.

I'm not going to opine as to whether I think a particular candidate can beat Donald Trump or not.

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

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

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

You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.

Any time you have a competitive situation like politics is, there are winners, and there are people who don't win, and their supporters can sometimes be very emotional.

Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.

I read 'Game Change.' If you want to relive the campaign, that book is unbelievable. It's great. It's the book of that campaign. It brought all the memories back of everything with Clinton and Obama, and Sarah Palin and McCain, and choosing her, and John Edwards. It was an interesting book.

I don't think we'll win every election.

Judges were not the biggest issue for most voters in Georgia in 2002.

Presidential elections are always pocketbook elections.

We don't win or lose elections because of [party] rules.

The candidate who is successful in defining the election is usually the winner.

All presidential elections will ultimately be a fight for the middle.

There's only one problem with this year's upcoming Presidential election—one of the candidates has to win.

In campaigns we concentrate on the differences [between the candidates.]

I have never seen a poll elect anyone

The tactics and strategy of every Presidential election campaign is most influenced by the previous Presidential election.

It was a good election, a good campaign, and a good friend won.

What I find shocking is that there's this thought process that Hillary Clinton is going to be president of the United States, and to even think of Donald Trump is a joke.

I think, of course, all senate races are national races.