Politics
In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 53.9% of the vote, Republican John McCain 44.1%, and others 2% in Skagit County. In the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50% of the vote, Democrat John Kerry 48.1%, and others 1.8%
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
—Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)
“Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who’s out in front of nobody?... Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices.... Politics has once again become religious.”
—Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)