Election Pressure Quotes

Bringing climate change to the forefront of American politics means making politicians feel the heat - in their campaign coffers and at the polls - and it's time we voters make a change.

Elections, in India, are 'over to the people' time. And it is probably the one time in their lives when politicians, and political parties, of all hues walk the razor edge of panic.

Never look past the next election, because if you do, you may not get past the next election.

I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.

I think a lot of people start out full of idealism and fresh ideas. And then a lot of times, being re-elected becomes more important than staying true to your principles.

Pressure for the most part comes from this overarching concern that if I head into the election season without sufficient resources, then any outside group, any individual, any super PAC may choose to come in to my district and overwhelm it and take over the airwaves and control the debate.

... it's better to be in session than go home and face the voters.

There's nothing that can put more strain on a relationship than running for office.

I think that is also something he [Barack Obama], in the beginning of his presidency, he couldn't really explore and couldn't show. He had to be almost a one-dimensional, stoic leader during that first election.

If we [Federal judges] would have had to run for election in the South in the 1960's we would have had a new set of judges every year.

The reality of going before the voters and seeking election should force Congressmen to behave.

The iron need to get reelected will always take priority over a relative abstraction like a budget deficit.

This democracy... The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. [The elections] were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.

Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this again.

The consequences of failure are so profound that we can not even contemplate it….We’re going to have to ask for more money—after the election [scheduled for November 2004]

Nobody likes to make a hard decision, because you're running every two years.

As someone who has led his party through two general elections, I have not always been immune from feeling the pressure of electioneering tactics.