Will Rogers Quotes

Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter which candidate can more deftly read a teleprompter.

I shouldn't want you to be surprised, or to draw any particular inference from my making speeches, or not making speeches, out there. I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking.

They're saying Arnold will get 95% of the vote. At least according to his brother, Jeb Schwarzenegger.

I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.

Of course, it is always nice to poll well, but if you don't get representatives elected, then what is the point?

Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

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

I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter.

The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

Pretty damn good speech. Now if all you had to do to run for and be president was talk, Adlai'd be the best. But it ain't.

The tactics and strategy of every Presidential election campaign is most influenced by the previous Presidential election.

There is not alternative to speechwriters. You can’t run for president and write your own speeches.

It was a good election, a good campaign, and a good friend won.

You have to have candidates who can actually win. The winners make policy; the losers go home.

Psychology is the only necessary skill for running for president. Trump knows psychology.

Rare is the election campaign that truly hinges on a single issue.

Candidates matter. Campaigns matter. 'He can win' or 'She can't win' is up there with, 'I'm going to lose 10 pounds, win the lottery, and live forever.' Saying it does not make it so.

I've had four presidential candidates visit me in the tents, and they all lost. I tried to get Hillary down here, but she's too smart. She won't come to the tents.

We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.

The framework of the election favors Donald Trump.

Every challenger has come forward and said he's going to challenge me and win because I'm out of touch with the constituents. We run a race, the election comes, and the majority of voters disagree with them.