Bernie Sanders Quotes

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

The larger percentage of people you have registered, the larger percentage of people you will have voting.

Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

I've got friends who didn't vote. I want to smack them upside the head.

I think it's important to vote.

Too many people are voting.

The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.

You've got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That's it; that's the way we move forward. That's how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

A lot of times, elections are lost, and the hope of the public is lost because they don't turn out.

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.

We need to be asking for the vote in the most powerful way possible, which is to have people asking for the vote who are comfortable and look like and sound like the people that we're asking for the vote from.

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

So few people vote these days, and I think it's partly because they don't feel like the institution really means anything to them. If you want them to vote, give them opportunities to do something else other than vote, to help.

I can't tell anyone to vote.

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.

People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross that basic threshold - that is, when a voter knows you're willing to listen to them and that you care about their lives - then that's most of what you need to get their vote. It's not your voting record.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.

Young voters are crucial. The trend over recent years has been for them to drift away. So anything that gets young voters interested in the electoral process not only has an immediate effect, but has an effect for years and years.

People are what this election is all about.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.