Nate Silver Quotes

Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote.

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

I never ever paid attention to any election.

People are what this election is all about.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don't want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don't come out and vote for her, for shame.

Every election is important for national politics.

Voter apathy is a civic abdication.

My personal take on politics is I deal with social situations and cultural situations in my music and in my life. I have said on record many times that I haven't voted. I'm not the type of person who says, 'I'm never going to vote.' I think it's clear to me that our system has failed us.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

Working people vote!

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

Elections have consequences.

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

Elections have consequences.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

Political elections are not life and death.

I love election day, and I love to vote.

Increased town size hurts real democracy in two ways. First… it dramatically reduces the percentage of citizens who attend town meetings. Second, town size increases the number of citizens who attend, which dramatically reduces the percentage of these attendees who participate.”

The danger of democracy has always been the danger of an electorate seized by passivity.

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.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.