Larry Sabato famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Every election is determined by the people who show up.
-- Larry Sabato

#People #Determined #Election
The national media will talk about (national problems) because it's something that everyone in all 50 states can understand, but the reality is these are minor factors. These are local races. ... The issues tend to be less ideological than for Senate races or races for president. ... It's about potholes and streetlights.
-- Larry Sabato

#Reality #Media #Issues
People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster.
-- Larry Sabato

#Mother #Men #People
The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.
-- Larry Sabato

#Party #Past #Average
We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
-- Larry Sabato

#Believe #Live In The Moment #Today
The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.
-- Larry Sabato

#Government #Offering #Iraq
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
-- Larry Sabato

#Rights #Design #Sound
Politics is a good thing!
-- Larry Sabato

#Good Things
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention.
-- Larry Sabato

#Goal #Progress #Want
Shockingly, the Bidens donated under $1,000 to all charities combined every year for the ten years prior to 2008.
-- Larry Sabato

#Years #Charity #Biden
I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
-- Larry Sabato

#America #Doubt #Want
Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
-- Larry Sabato

#Party #President #Structure
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-- Larry Sabato

#Political #News #Pearls

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