James Stockdale

This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character.

American Soldier

Gael Garcia Bernal

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.

Mexican Actor

Madeleine M. Kunin

Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.

American Diplomat

Tzipi Livni

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Israeli Politician

Michael J. Knowles

What is the purpose of the electoral college? It has a few purposes. One, it's to restrain pure democracy. Very good, very important, that's a wonderful thing.

American Author

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Electorally, the number of women who want to wear a burka is insignificant, yet it is important to defend such a minority against the tyranny of the majority.

English Politician

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.

Indonesian Economist

Zbigniew Brzezinski

I realise that in an electoral campaign, you don't want to antagonise large groups which are highly motivated.

American Politician

Jack Kemp

My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.

Monica Crowley

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

American Journalist

The word 'electoral' often implies the importance of transparent and honest procedures in choosing leaders.

Transparency Key

'Electoral' includes all aspects of elections, not just the act of voting, including campaigns and debates.

Beyond Voting

'Electoral' is mostly used in the context of democratic systems where officials are chosen by voting.

Democratic Societies

The term 'electoral college' is unique to the United States and refers to its presidential election system.

U.S. Specific

In the U.S., the 'electoral' vote can yield a different result from the popular vote due to the system's design.

Not Always Popular

'Electoral' can reflect who has the right to vote, which varies by country and can change over time.

Voting Rights

'Electoral district' refers to geographic areas defined for the purposes of political representation.

Community Boundaries

Politicians focus on their 'electoral base', the group of voters who consistently support them.

Core Supporters

 but not disloyal to America's government. And even more importantly, that concession speech has a technical function in that it kind of allows all the other stuff that our constitution requires after the voting, and there are a bunch of steps like, you've got the electoral college that has got to meet,

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 All his predecessors have been all those three, and that's the point I was trying to make. But, the issue is that when I talked about that example, it's not just about talking about India, it's not propaganda. Because ultimately, that electoral outcome had nothing to do with the rest of the world.

Why nations should...

 states that have it on the books almost never practice it my own state of California for example most inmates on death row die of old age before they're executed and most states never employ except for Texas anyway so democracy has been spreading electoral democracies

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 and accountability in governance, or whether it was a clientelistic state offering favors to the powerful -- tax avoidance abetted and aided by a global tax evasion system, politics and media captured by special interests. But despite our electoral mandate,

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 who practiced a version of this technique. New Zealand's electoral system is designed for unlikely friendships, coalitions, alliances, memoranda of understanding are almost inevitable. And this particular government set-up had some of almost everything --

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 are optimistic about their country's future. Now, if this is not legitimacy, I'm not sure what is. In contrast, most electoral democracies around the world are suffering from dismal performance. I don't need to elaborate for this audience

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 Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is that many people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing. For the last 30 years, political scientists have observed that there is a constant decline in electoral turnout,

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 electoral side of you move as politics for a long time the Trump presidency itself it's such a watershed moment but for me it's energized as dream just said about the people who taken to the streets the

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 platform for peace to lobby for a more inclusive electoral law a law that would give every citizen no matter what your background the right to vote and run and most importantly to stipulate on

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 absolute chaos the electoral college it was designed to balance the powers of the government and protect the rights of the people but there were a lot of holes in it they expected the electors