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Electorate Quotes

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

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

Melissa Bean
Democracy, Engagement, Electorate

Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.

Paul Weyrich
Self, Electorate

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

Paul Weyrich
Self, Electorate

Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.

Felix Frankfurter
Appeals, Electorate, Militant
American Society for Legal History. Northeastern States Branch, Morris D. Forkosch, Felix Frankfurter (1966). “Essays in legal history in honor of Felix Frankfurter”, MICHIE

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

David Remnick
Thinking, Different, Electorate

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.

Thomas Jefferson
Democracy, Electorate, Depends

If you have an informed electorate, it makes great choices.

Jane Mayer
Choices, Electorate, Ifs
Source: www.macleans.ca

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

Frank Herbert
Democracy, Scapegoat, Electorate
Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.145, Penguin

The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.

Thomas Jefferson
Democracy, Defense, Electorate

In 2012, African-Americans were 13 percent of the electorate, and 93 percent of them voted for [Barack] Obama.

Mara Liasson
African American, Barack, Electorate
Source: www.npr.org

Most often the electorate votes for change.

David Sirota
Vote, Electorate
Source: www.democracynow.org

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