Karl Rove Quotes

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

We will do well when young people, when working-class people come out. We do not do well when the voter turnout is not large. We did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout.

It's about going to where your voters are.

Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.

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

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 feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

We'll get out the [black] vote, but we need the white vote to win.

The first step toward liberation is to use the power in hand ... and the power in hand is the vote.

They hustled the indifferent to the booths; they lent shawls and held babies; they carried the sick and dying to the polls on mattresses—and they won. May black shame fall upon the individual or the party who, having the trust of these women, ever betrays it.

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

We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

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

You have a voice, you have a vote. Use it.

The weakness that our campaign and that I had is we weren't effective in taking my message primarily to minority voters.

Remember to use your vote. Remember to speak out and feel empowered.

Influencing voters is the crux of all poll campaigns.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

I am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered.

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can’t succeed without your help.

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.

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.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.