Zephyr Teachout Quotes

It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.

We do have some people that have never voted before.

One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.

My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?

If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated.

Most Scots might be able to identify six vegetables - but only two MSPs. There are parts of Scotland where you rarely get more than 40% turnout at the polls. There's a big disconnect there, and I think comedians bridge that gap.

There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.

The way people imagine their political leaders is, like it or not, an important factor in how they decide to vote and, indeed, whether they vote at all.

Too many people are voting.

The public will vote if they have something important to vote for or against.

Predicting voter turnout is not hard, it’s impossible.

The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.

I welcome an arms race for minority ethnic voters. This will ensure we all raise our game.

When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.

I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'

What's sad is that we can have a reality-television performer for president without incorporating the other aspects of reality television - like voting and voter engagement.

My district doesn't come to vote to the polls against something because they fear something. They will come to the polls to vote for something because they are inspired by something.

One of the areas that many of us, including the Women's March organizers, are focusing on is starting mass voter registration and voter engagement.

We have to keep this new coalition of Trump voters engaged. And they represent Democrats, more independents, and people who hadn't voted for a long time because they lost their faith in government.

We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like mine, and they did. What they deserve back is a leader who puts democracy first.

Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter suppression. I believe that our campaign up to now has shown that we can create an enormous amount of enthusiasm from working people, from young people, who will get involved in the political process and which will drive us to a very large voter turnout.

Remember, I'm not running against Rick Perry; I'm running against apathy.

But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!