Electoral Process

Let’s not give the

Let’s not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let’s give importance to the real democracy that’s constructed on a day-to-day basis. That’s my hopeful perspective on it. Gael Garcia Bernal

Every democracy is constructed

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We’re putting it into pamphlets. We’re doing a publicity show. We’re becoming symbols. Gael Garcia Bernal

Texas is now a

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans. Ed Gillespie

You could really belong

You could really belong to a group of people and with other people, you could really make some significant changes – through the electoral process, of course, by registering people to vote, and by supporting good people who were running for office. For me, it was like I had found the pot of gold at … Read more

Many, many of you

Many, many of you have written to me asking the following question: ‘Dave, have their been any new advancements in the field of artificial falcon insemination, and could these developments be used to improve the American electoral process?’ Dave Barry

Russia is an aggressive

Russia is an aggressive revisionist power. And they are working – there’s evidence they’re working to interfere not just in our electoral process, but the electoral processes of Europeans with the same toolkit – money, fake news, propaganda, and what those Soviets used to call aktivniye meropriyatiya, active measures. This is serious. Daniel Fried

America’s demographic shift was

America’s demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census – but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America’s diverse mosaic. Christine Pelosi

Electoral politics was always

Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for. Bobby Seale

General Musharraf needs my

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me. Benazir Bhutto

In America, where the

In America, where the electoral process is drowning in commercial techniques of fund-raising and image-making, we may have completed a circle back to a selection process as unconcerned with qualifications as that which made Darius King of Persia. … he whose horse was the first to neigh at sunrise should be King. Barbara Tuchman