Mike Rounds Quotes

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.

When you have an election campaign, it has to be simple and something everybody can relate to.

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

The election campaign is no time to get involved in very, very serious issues.

Rare is the election campaign that truly hinges on a single issue.

If the campaign is about issues, we will win.

You cannot win an election without a fight.

Voters memories will fade some.

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.

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

Every election is a matter of definition.

Practical politics is the politics of the coming election.

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected

It is increasingly difficult to run a campaign of substance in an atmosphere which increasingly focuses on personality.

You can't win an election unless you have a message.

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

It's about going to where your voters are.

I think what we can do is make sure as conservatives that we elect good people to both the House, the Senate, and make sure that President Trump gets re-elected.

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one.

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.

The fact is that we as a party at the Republican National Committee registered 3.4 million new voters in the past two years and brought them into the political process. The president won by 3.5 million votes.

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

Well, you know, what's so exciting, is that it was a really telling campaign as well. Whenever we start looking at the differences, they could never be more clear.

Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.