Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes

If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated.

We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.

I've been pushing for the longest time that you get the votes easier and with more enthusiasm when people feel like you're addressing their concerns.

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 is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

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

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.

Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.

The way people imagine their political leaders is, like it or not, an important factor in how they decide to vote and, indeed, whether they vote at all.

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

Very few [Americans] ... take an active part in politics, however interested they may be in public affairs.

Rock the Vote

One lesson is that if you want to predict voter turnout, you should ask whether at least one candidate is attracting high levels of enthusiasm - not whether the stakes are high, or even perceived to be high. That fits the historical pattern.

We are not apathetic in this country.

Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people.

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.

Having everybody voting to avoid a £25 fine is no way to solve public apathy.

I think the trend to move towards caucuses and conventions, whether to nominate senators, governors or presidential nominees, I think the move towards caucuses and conventions is a very bad one, and that our party should reward those states that spend the time and money to have primaries.

I welcome an arms race for minority ethnic voters. This will ensure we all raise our game.

I would say a successful campaign reflects the desire of the people who are there to support a candidate.

I've spoken about politics a lot over the years and my main issue that I championed was just general engagement in politics.

For Obama, there was just a lot of enthusiasm in the minority communities to get out and vote. Everybody felt like their vote mattered.

I always vote. If I have the right, I'm going to vote.