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It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day. -- Brad Henry
The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day. -- Heather Wilson
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five in the morning. -- Michael Moore
Election Day 2010 saw the culmination of years of aggravation and resentment toward a federal government that became disconnected and disdainful of the values and priorities of Americans. -- George Allen
We the people say it loud and clear every Election Day, in high-crime periods as well as peaceful stretches - More of our population needs to be behind bars. -- Thomas Frank
If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters? -- Andrew Young
The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make. -- Patrick Murphy
Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago. -- George Soros
Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand. -- Susan Orlean
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day. -- Danny Glover
Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in. -- H. L. Mencken
I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for. -- Wendy Davis
Election Day now has become the last day to vote. -- Judy Woodruff
Stay home on Election Day ... for the sake of the nation -- Sean Hannity
Any poll is a picture of an unfinished horse race except the Election Day polls. -- William J. Clinton
Bars are closed on Election Day so people won't vote under the influence. Why are libraries closed? -- Arthur D. Hlavaty
Thank heaven Election Day is over. No more campaign ads, no more mud-slinging, no more candidates pretending they're straight. It's over! -- Craig Ferguson
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Yesterday was Election Day. If we have any Democrats in the audience, I'm sorry but you're going to have to give up your seats. -- David Letterman
A lot can happen in a week - just read any Bible, .. On the seventh day, Election Day, unlike the Bible, we can't rest. -- Michael Bloomberg
As is the case with that generation [Millennials], they look like they're interested and all fired up and ready to go, and then Election Day comes. -- Rush Limbaugh
As is the case with that generation [Millennials], they look like they're interested and all fired up and ready to go, and then Election Day comes. -- Rush Limbaugh
Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day. -- Lawrence Block
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW! -- Tom Peters
Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote. -- David Letterman
I think that Election Day is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament, when people meet their neighbors at the firehouse or the school and they vote at the same time. -- Judy Woodruff
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If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he can raise some questions. That doesn't seem to be the case at that moment. -- Barack Obama
As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day. -- Matthew Dowd
We've - we heard a lot from state secretaries of state and other elections officials from all states in the nation, both Democrat and Republican. Before Election Day, we heard for weeks concern about the election being rigged or the election being hacked. -- Audie Cornish
President Obama spent Election Day away from any press coverage, attending closed-door meetings inside the White House. But on the bright side, it is nice to see some doors actually closed at the White House. It's a whole new Secret Service security thing. -- Jimmy Fallon
[Donald] Trump`s campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1,409 staffers in 16 states. So, nearly for the one, democratic advantage in human resources, the big question now is, how well does that turn out machinery work for democrats for Election Day? -- Chris Hayes
Don't vote, it only encourages them. -- Billy Connolly
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. -- Mario Cuomo
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. -- Emma Goldman
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. -- James Russell Lowell
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. -- Charles de Gaulle
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. -- Winston Churchill
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. -- Mark Twain
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. -- Franklin Pierce Adams
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams
If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. -- Lindsey Nelson
Free and just political institutions are absolutely essential to the progress and development both of the individual and of the race. -- Hugh Price Hughes
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. -- Sydney J. Harris
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. -- Gore Vidal
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -- Richard Armour
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. -- Bill Vaughan
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. -- Carl Sandburg
It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day. -- Moby
We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it. -- Kenneth Blackwell
We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it. -- Kenneth Blackwell
Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote. -- Steven G. Calabresi
The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day. -- Al Sharpton
I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys! -- Ike Barinholtz
Remember, at the end of the day [election] campaigns are always about the candidates. -- Chris Christie
What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day! -- Henry David Thoreau
Since the majority is always wrong, might we try one election day where all the losers take office? -- Robert Breault
Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day. -- Gough Whitlam
Ohioans know that he inherited a mess and created a surplus. So, on election day, John [Kasich] will prevail in Ohio. -- Tom Ridge
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. -- James Bovard
There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day. -- Michael Howard
Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day. -- Thomas Jefferson
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office. -- Jesse Ventura
As a whole, the election process before the election and on the day of election was successful, and I think Azerbaijan had normal and democratic elections, -- Ilham Aliyev
Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching. -- Ron Fournier
[Hackers] did not stop. They - they came after us absolutely every day until the end of the election. They tried to hack into our system repeatedly. -- Donna Brazile
New England has a strong tradition of localism. What is ordinarily called election day in most of the United States is called town meeting day in Vermont. -- Murray Bookchin
We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one. -- Helen Zille
I was born on Nov. 4, which is election day ... my birthday has made more men and sent more back to honest work than any other days in the year. -- Will Rogers
My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active, engaged citizen and voter is critical to the success of our democracy. -- Josh Earnest

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