Those who didn't vote for me don't need to worry - they won't be persecuted.
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
When I first ran for Congress, I decided that I would not take pledges to vote for or against any issue. I believe the practice of taking pledges contributes to the worst of the partisan gridlock in Washington, preventing many members of Congress from even considering a reasonable compromise offered by the other side.
As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.
People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.
I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.
I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.
There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.
People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.
In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote.
People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.
As Republicans try to trample on our most sacred freedoms, Democrats will do everything we can to end discrimination and protect the one right that preserves all others - the right to vote.
I voted for President Bush, I voted for President Clinton, and, although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.
The arguments in the Brexit vote and in the American presidential campaign are about the same. In a friendly way, may I also give some advice to the American people to make the right choice when the moment comes.
I was at Facebook in 2012, during the previous presidential race. The fact that Facebook could easily throw the election by selectively showing a Get Out the Vote reminder in certain counties of a swing state, for example, was a running joke.
On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.
