The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.

- Arlen Specter

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

- Charles de Gaulle

The vicar of Christ is an individual, not an electorate.

- Conrad Black

We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.

- Donna Brazile

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

- David Remnick

It is always tough to win every booth right across the electorate because there are different issues in different parts of the electorate.

- Denis Napthine

What do you call an electorate that seems prone to acting out irrationally, is full of inchoate rage, and is constantly throwing fits and tantrums? You call it teenaged.

- Graydon Carter

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

- Herbert Hoover

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

- Indira Gandhi

The exit polls suggest that after a relatively disappointing first term, Obama managed to reassemble almost all of his 2008 electorate.

- John Podhoretz

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

- John Prescott

It's a very angry electorate out there. I think Trump is tapping into that.

- Mike McCaul

Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.

- Paul Weyrich

Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.

- Paul Weyrich

I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate.

- Reese Schonfeld

I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.

- Sam Reed