Cass Sunstein Quotes

Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot.

Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.

The larger percentage of people you have registered, the larger percentage of people you will have voting.

Politicians should inspire you to vote, they should appeal to people.

People try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out, and what we did is that we changed who turns out. And that changes the whole electorate.

You can't just take and sample size a few hundred people and decide that what you think 200 - almost 200 million people are going to vote and go do. It's a complex country.

There are so many ways and different people who show up and vote now. The way turnout works now. The abilities we have now to turn out voters. The polling can't understand that. And that's why the polling was so wrong in 2016. It was 100% wrong. Nobody got it right - not one public poll.

Black Fergusonians have shown that they will vote when they have something to vote for and know that their vote will count. Seventy-six percent of them turned out in November 2012, when Missouri was a key swing state for Barack Obama's reelection.

If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

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

In terms of the ability to go out and win - this is why you have campaigns. You go out, and you take your issues to voters, and you put them out there, and people respond, or they don't.

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.

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote.

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others.

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.

One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters if they are undecided or not. Sometimes, significant numbers of voters actually change their minds.

I have been overwhelmed by the response that I have received on the doorstep during this campaign.

After 4 years [in the presidency] the Blacks will love me. I will get 95 percent of the Black vote. I guarantee it!

Presidential elections are always pocketbook elections.

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

It is no exaggeration to say that undecided voters could go either way.

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

Increased turnout at the polls produces two secondary benefits: more definitive election results and an election that costs less per vote.

Candidates talk about issues that voters want to hear about.