Voter Trust Quotes

How shall those who practice election frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is the first condition and obligation of good citizenship? The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler's hat has renounced his allegiance.

The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.

Voters don't just want to see detached and distant faces on TV, they want to feel that they know the people that they're trying to vote for.

I'd rather be underestimated by the polltakers than by the voters.

Trust is leveling with people before the election about what you're going to do after the election.

I'm very confident about my ability to earn votes in every neighborhood.

Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in making their life better. They'll forgive you for pushing a policy they don't like as long as they believe you're doing it because you genuinely believe it's what's best for the country.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan.

Americans don't mind rich politicians. History is full of them. What they do mind are people who ask for their vote but don't connect with them.

Hillary Clinton's unfavorable ratings at an all-time high at 60 percent. That Donald Trump is trusted more than she by the American voter. There's a very important attribute that goes to empathy and compassion in connective tissue with voters. The question of who cares more about people like you? That's a measurement that President Barack Obama beat Governor Mitt Romney on, like, 82 to 15. Clinton and Trump were tied on that. That's a remarkable figure when you think about how Democrats normally have an advantage in that way.

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make some very bad decisions.

The real problem for Democrats is we've got to help people believe, and then we've got to deliver the message to them. Believe what? That we are absolutely, unshakeably on their side, and we're going to fight for them every single minute.

What will get you elected through a tough election cycle and what will get you kicked out when you should have won is whether your constituents feel like their Member of Congress respects them or not.

Voters will not give you a chance to solve their problems if they think you don’t understand them.

Why they vote for me is irrelevant, but if they do, they're in safe hands.

It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it's thinkable and not a waste of time.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

When I was running for governor, I was attacked pretty strongly because of my position on the death penalty. But I looked the voters of Virginia in the eye and said, look, this is my religion. I'm not going to change my religious practice to get one vote, but I know how to take an oath and uphold the law. And if you elect me, I will uphold the law.

As the 2016 presidential race kicks off, candidates on both sides of the aisle are promising to stand up for the middle class. Voters deserve to know that anyone who champions Obamacare cannot honestly say she or he is also a champion of middle-class Americans.

I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to work hard to earn the 'for Blake' votes.

The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.

Pretending that voter fraud does not exist puts the integrity of our voting process at risk.

You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.