#electorate

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#best #democracy #electorate #engaged #informed

Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#backers #certain #democratic #down #electorate

If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#democracy #doing #electorate #feel #get

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

#change #educated #electorate #many #might

We have for the past year and undoubtedly will be for the next year, dealing with an electorate that is more alienated and more cynical than at any point in modern time. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#any #cynical #dealing #electorate #modern

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#could #does #done #electorate #enlisted

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for. ↗

— David Attenborough

#decisions #electorate #environment #get #history

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#comprise #conservatives #electorate

The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost. ↗

— Mara Liasson

#battleground #because #being #boost #changing

I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#any #becomes #cares #champion #community