Constituency Outreach Quotes

One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.

How come regional pandering only works in one direction, right? You never see a Southern politician trying to win votes in New York State by saying, 'I read books and make a mean vegan meatloaf.'

Being an MP is quite a strange job, because you do it in two different places. Half the time I'm in Westminster and the other half I'm in my constituency and the job is different in both of them.

What I'm saying is we [Democratic Party] need to get much more granular.

African-American women are the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, and we need to do more to make sure that we engage them, that we don't take them for granted. We need to be there. And again, I keep thinking about that woman I met in Detroit shortly after my election, who said, "You've got to stop showing up every fourth October and telling me that you care."

I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that.

I firmly believe that the Democrats' message of inclusion and opportunity resonates everywhere. When we talk about health care as a right and not a privilege, and the impact of the repeal efforts, that resonates everywhere, because everybody in every ZIP code has benefited in one way, shape or form, and frankly, in terms of under-performance, I think we have all too frequently tended to take some of our core constituencies for granted.

I have toured my constituency maximum number of times as a member of the Lok Sabha among the MPs from Madhya Pradesh.

... it's better to be in session than go home and face the voters.

They can't save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that, you have to go back to the voters.

I think if you come from where I came from and where I have always been, I've always been reaching out and whether it's talking with our neighbors or going shopping or standing, talking to people in these bookstores and hearing what's on their minds, or even the work I did for eight years as a senator to bring new jobs to New York and stand up for the people I represented.

Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is by and large elderly white people arguing with empty chairs.

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

For a politician, the long term is between now and the next election.

We intend to follow one strategy: that is to reach out to each and every resident in the constituency. We do not believe in just waving to the people from cars.

Members of Congress will pay attention to members of their own districts.