Matt Hancock Quotes

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

The fact that the Conservatives are losing voters to UKIP while struggling to attract those who voted for other parties in 2010 suggests they have still not successfully shown what a Conservative government is for. This needs to be done on a broad front in a way that encompasses the economy and public services.

Of course we are looking to win support across every section of society. We win support by speaking to voters on the issues they most care about.

As the Republican nominee, it was Romney's job to find a way to speak to some of those groups of voters and offer practical solutions to their difficulties that both resonated with them and sounded plausible to them.

It does no good to be a conservative if you can't sell a conservative message in a general election.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

Anyone who can bring the Conservative Party together can bring the country together.

I voted for McCain. But I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organized, very, very good. I was very impressed.

In the U.S. - and elsewhere - successful parties need a storyline that voters can relate to, an intelligible plot of some sort, especially now that so many older, formal ideologies have lost force. For proof of this, one has only to look at Margaret Thatcher's career and ideas.

I know what it takes to win. I know a general election is going to come down to not only Republican voters but my ability to connect with independent and women voters.

If I can win the nomination, there’s no reason I can’t win this election.

In politics, you have a one-day sale. You have every customer allowed in the store for one or two minutes on that day, and you have to sell a majority or plurality of the market or you are out of business.

I no longer know of political party, I only know Germans

You can't win an election with money alone.

The BJP is only a front organisation. It is not a political party.

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

When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.

President Obama ran a campaign in 2008 that was entirely expected from a non-incumbent. You promise, and you imply that if you elect me, everything good is going to happen.

The best thing the Democrats can do is to get Hillary Clinton elected.

It's about going to where your voters are.

The BJP decides its own policies.

I am making every effort to reach out to all party leaders with one clear message: Israel is bigger and more important than any one leader.

I won the leadership of the Conservative Party as a pro-choice Conservative MP, one with a strong mandate.

I had never met anyone of my own age that was a Tory, so going to university and seeing people who were Tories and who believed in what I believed in was an eye-opener.

I think the Conservative Party is a fantastic organisation, it's been a wonderful home for me.