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:
“Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
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—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)