Pete Gallego Quotes

Democrats believe that when more people vote, it's not just good for our party; it's good for democracy.

Elections are always about turnout.

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

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

We should make election day a national holiday.

If the Gods Wanted Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Better Candidates

How can we tell our children if we do not make reasonable efforts to count every vote.

Every vote counts and we must count every vote.

It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.

For too many years, those eligible to vote in primary or general elections did not bother to do so. Those sensible centrists who do not go to rallies but care deeply about our country effectively silenced their own voices. That sent the message to incumbents that they were either doing the right thing or that we just did not care.

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

Here's what I know for sure: every single vote counts. That's not just a saying.

If we don't register and don't vote, national leaders will not be aware of our point of view.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

Whether you're Democrat or Republican... you want everybody who's eligible to vote to vote, and that's how you want to win elections.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

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

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

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

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.