Tim Scott Quotes

I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important, because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million.

We'll get out the [black] vote, but we need the white vote to win.

We need candidates who are able to reach out to young voters, women voters.

The basic job of any campaign is to translate grassroots energy into turnout.

I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.

I just feel like content is content; people want to see it resonate.

The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

I want to reach as many people as I can.

The Latino vote has to be earned just like any other.

You should be strenuous in seeing as many people as possible every day of every possible class and order, for from the mere numbers of these you can make a guess of the amount of support you will get on the balloting

How can you challenge an incumbent and not be divisive?

The Republicans need to work on registration and getting out their vote and their early voters and absentees. Grassroots stuff.

I welcome an arms race for minority ethnic voters. This will ensure we all raise our game.

It's about going to where your voters are.

We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

Look, fundamentally the more you know about someone, the better you can communicate with them at a human level, or a mass-communication-advertising level.