Election Results Quotes

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

The one endorsement that makes the most difference is from the constituents in the district.

Polls are only good for dogs.

The ballots don’t make the results—the counters make the results.

I put it out before the American people, got 306 electoral college votes…270 which you need, that was laughable. We got 306 because people came out and voted like they’ve never seen before so that’s the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan.

I think what we have to do is speak about the issues and speak about my record.

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.

Voters have demonstrated time and again that candidates who buck the teachers' union are rewarded.

We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be depressed if one particular person transgresses. It doesn't lose an election unless the Party loses faith in itself.

Let's face it. If I was funnier than Ronald Reagan, I would have won in 1980. And he'd be up here tonight trying to laugh away the Bush deficit.

Polls are like perfume—very nice to smell; dangerous to drink.

Whether you like it or not, Santorum is as good as President Obama with a crowd.

John F. Kennedy went to bed at 3:30 in the morning on November 9, 1960, uncertain whether he had defeated Richard Nixon for the presidency. He thought he had won, but six states hung in the balance, and after months of exhaustive campaigning, he was too tired to stay awake any longer.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's last election for governor. If I were afraid of polls, we wouldn't have privatized our charity hospital system, we wouldn't cut our state budget 26%, wouldn't have cut over 30,000 state government bureaucrats, wouldn't have done statewide school choice. Here's the real record.

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

I love Texans. And Texas is clearly the crown jewel of Super Tuesday.

If elected, I will win.

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

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

I've had many conversations with the Clinton family. We're friends. It's hard, very tough. I think on Election Day, everybody felt pretty good. I think the Trump campaign thought they were gonna lose.

Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations.

We live in a country that elected Trump. Clearly you have a sense of humor.