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Negotiating deals among members of Congress is an exercise in wearing masks, scaring up votes, and, oftentimes, bluffing.
Jared Polis
Congress
Negotiating
Members
Wearing
Scaring
Masks
Votes
Exercise
Deals
Up
Oftentimes
Among
The role of the speaker of the House is to deliver enough votes by understanding and accommodating the individual bottom lines of enough members to pass the bill.
Jared Polis
Understanding
Enough
Members
Individual
Deliver
Bottom
Votes
House
Pass
Lines
Role
Bill
Speaker
In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.
Jeff Goodell
Government
Class
Win
Political
Will
Presidents
More
Drilling
Price
Putting
Calculation
Votes
Calculations
Always
Than
American
Any
Taught
Oil
American Government
Elect
Carbon
Recall
Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.
Jennifer Granholm
You
Opportunity
Party
Thank You
Progressives
Reclaim
States
Citizens
Votes
Democratic
Democratic Party
Thank
Sane
United
United States
I've been pushing for the longest time that you get the votes easier and with more enthusiasm when people feel like you're addressing their concerns.
Jimmy Gomez
Time
You
People
Enthusiasm
Addressing
Easier
More
Pushing
Feel
Longest
Longest Time
Like
Votes
Concerns
Been
Get
Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.
Jo Brand
Saying
Great
You
Vote
People
Men
Other
Say
Ways
Tory
Some
Some Men
Someone
Great People
Tendency
Likable
Attitudes
Like
Votes
Does
Yes
Friends
Mean
Them
Dismiss
Should
Appalled
Who
Many
Deeply
Things
If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.
John Ensign
You
Other
Some
Count
Votes
Makes
Disenfranchised
Double
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
John Lewis
Great
Voting
Minority
Past
Other
Great Majority
Percentage
Cast
Voters
Votes
Majority
American
Ohio
African
African-American
In The Past
Process
Places
Means
Large
Large Percentage
Early
It doesn't matter what the early votes look like. It doesn't matter what the polls look like. We can lose everything.
Jon Lovett
Matter
Lose
Everything
Like
Votes
Look
Polls
Early
As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.
Justin Amash
Saw
Posting
Could
Votes
How
Effective
Legislator
Being
Explaining
Transparent
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
Kenneth Blackwell
Will
College
Winner
Our
Would
Votes
Go
Anticipate
December
Held
Electoral
Electoral College
Electorate
Certified
I have nothing to do with counting the votes.
Kenneth Blackwell
Nothing
Counting
Votes
Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on Nov. 8, 2016: New Hampshire's U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire's four electoral college votes in the presidential election.
Kris Kobach
Light
Election
College
Changed
Presidential
Presidential Election
Fraud
Indicate
Through
Facts
New
Voter
Voter Fraud
Come
Votes
Perhaps
Likely
Also
Hampshire
Close
Senate
Pivotal
Electoral
Electoral College
Seat
Four
The American system is set up to have two parties competing for votes. But Americans have not had the same two parties to choose from since the beginning.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Beginning
System
Had
Since
Votes
Parties
Up
American
Same
Choose
Competing
Two
Set
Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Time
Vote
Virginia
Press
Percent
Had
Votes
Trump
Won
If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
Lamar Alexander
Money
Votes
Most
Forbes
Arrested
Get
Bush
Should
Wasting
The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.
Lizz Winstead
Political
Matter
Own
Bottom
Bottom Line
Votes
Line
Against
Really
Interests
Satirist
I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority.
Lois Frankel
You
Minority
Something
Compromise
Take
Had
Votes
Learn
Learned
Because
How
Been
Nose
Where
Hold
In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote.
Lucy Powell
Vote
People
Post
Year
Local
Those
Postal
Having
More
Voted
Votes
Likely
Makes
Get
Did
Manchester
Just
Much
Elections
Choosing
Who
Last
Third
The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.
Mario Diaz-Balart
Matters
Only
Cast
Counted
Votes
Obviously
Poll
After
Last
The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.
Mark Kirk
You
Job
Tough
Say
Jobs
About
Tough Thing
Votes
Yes
Get
Either
Explain
Your
Whole
Why
Thing
As far as the political landscape in our state, I think that what we continue to see is that Tennessean voters are more independent and more conservative, and they are watching issues very closely; they are watching votes very closely.
Marsha Blackburn
Conservative
Political
Think
State
Our
Independent
See
More
Voters
Votes
Issues
Continue
Very
Closely
As Far As
Far
Landscape
Watching
We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day, it will be the cutting edge of the IRA which will bring freedom.
Martin McGuinness
Day
Freedom
Win
End Of The Day
Will
Edge
Believe
Winning
Votes
IRA
End
Ireland
Any
Which
Cutting
Cutting Edge
Elections
Amount
Bring
If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.
Martin McGuinness
People
Run
Would
Entire
Given
Could
Counter
Implications
Wishes
Votes
Democratic
Island
Leave
Huge
Ireland
Irish
Irish People
Predictions
Then
Union
European
European Union
Britain
Come 2012, I am not going to be voting for someone based on who I think would be the most fun to hang out and have a beer with. I am going to be voting for the person that I think will have the best chance of beating President Obama and gaining votes from independents.
Meghan McCain
Best
Beer
Voting
Will
Think
President
President Obama
Out
Independents
Obama
Would
Would-Be
Someone
Beating
Come
Votes
Most
Am
Person
Hang
Going
Gaining
Who
Fun
Based
Chance
If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.
Melissa Bean
Trust
Simple
Accountability
Our
Constituents
About
Take
Step
Votes
Greater
Provide
Truly
Want
Regain
Public
Communicating
Transparency
Start
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