Chuck Bowden Quotes

Parliamentarians would prefer to follow the path of least resistance and vote for the myths that the public opinion polls show their constituents believe in, instead of taking the trouble to educate themselves and their constituents.

We never heard a politician so desperate not to offend conventional elite opinion while pretending to be fearless and forthright.

Voters are smarter than Republicans think they are.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

EMILY's List has worked a lot with swing women voters over the years, and one thing we've learned is that they are very cynical about politics and politicians. They very much want help with the challenges facing them and their families, and they feel like most politicians don't understand or want to lift a finger to help them out.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking, but you can't let them drive you completely.

Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.

Polls are not the instruments of the mob. They offer the prospect of leadership wedded to a finely calibrated measurement of opinion.

Voters never grow weary of illusory promises.

Voters are naturally suspicious of politicians.

Forget the polls and remember the people.

Polls are only good for dogs.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Polls give candidates a method to find out what voters want.

Most people have a healthy disrespect for politicians.

If he [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary on the White House backyard come Wednesday.

Painfully often the legislation our politicians pass is designed less to solve problems than to protect the politicians from defeat in our never-ending election campaigns. They are … too frightened of us to govern.

Lying is particularly prevalent in democratic states, where leaders need the support of the citizenry in order to execute their policies.

I have never seen a poll elect anyone

People really don’t care if politicians attack each other with untrue stories. They figure if you don’t want to get hurt, you shouldn’t have filed for office. They figure whatever happens to us, our lives will be better than theirs.

Real leaders do not follow polls. Real leaders change polls.

We've reached a truly remarkable situation: a grotesque mismatch between the American intelligencia and the American electorate.

Polls are contradictory when the public opinion is such.