Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Clinton 48 - 34% |
1996 | President | Clinton 57 - 30% |
2000 | President | Gore 56 - 39% |
2004 | President | Kerry 55 - 43% |
2008 | President | Obama 58 - 40% |
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Famous quotes containing the word voting:
“Its not the voting thats democracy, its the counting.”
—Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapondestroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroy us. A nation that doesnt read much doesnt know much. And a nation that doesnt know much is more likely to make poor choices in the home, the marketplace, the jury box and the voting booth...The challenge, therefore, is to convince future generations of children that carrying a book is more rewarding than carrying guns.”
—Jim Trelease (20th century)