Voting Percentage Quotes

In 2010, I ran for Congress in a Democratic primary against someone who had been there for 18 years. 'The Daily News' endorsed me. I was in 'The New York Times' above the fold. CNBC called this one of the hottest races in the country. On election day, votes for me never went past 19%. I lost.

If one in four Dutch people saying they will vote for my party, it's ridiculous to say we're divisive or extreme.

I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district.

Hillary [Clinton] was selected by only 8 percent of the population. [Donald] Trump, by only 7 percent

Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got the support of 110 per cent of the population.

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

Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.

America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.

Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.

There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted, 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America, we voted at 60 percent, 70 percent, it would transform our politics.