Andrew P. Harris Quotes

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

I believe we will elect a new President in 2012.

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

It is true that in some states the only important vote is the primary, when you choose between different members of the same party. In these states, where our two-party system usually does not function, it is important that everyone vote in the primaries. Elsewhere throughout the country, citizens should vote both in the primaries and in the final election, for where the two-party system works they will always have a choice between party candidates.

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

Election time is when you start to hear about 'average people,' 'working families,' 'patriotic Americans' and such.

Presidential election campaigns offer a unique opportunity to educate the public and engage in an intelligent dialogue on issues of national importance.

During elections, every party has a different strategy and issues.

I'm tired now of the elections.

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

It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night.

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.

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

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

We should hold the presidential elections at least a few weeks before the congressional election so that the voters will know which party will control the White House.

The brighter the presidential prospect of victory [for a particular party], the greater the crop of available candidates.

Conventions don't nominate people anymore. Primaries do.

“Vote early and vote often,” the advice openly displayed on the election banners in one of our northern cities.

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

Our American elections have been fought between parties which, roughly, have represented the forces advocating change and those preferring stability.

I ran for chairman of the Democratic Party to win elections.

In 21st-century America, as in Georgian Britain, elections are raucous, flamboyant, flag-waving, expensive, and sometimes ramshackle things.

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

A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.

The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.