#votes

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

#avoided #devotes #evil #happens #himself

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?' ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

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I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore. ↗

— Pat Buchanan

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The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast. ↗

— Mario Diaz-Balart

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To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes. ↗

— Lincoln Diaz-Balart

#fabricate #hear #people #purpose #votes

Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals. ↗

— Harry Hay

#giving #homosexuals #identity #ideological #politics

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes. ↗

— Francis Maude

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But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. ↗

— William H. Seward

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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

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