"I am 99 percent sure that if it didn't happen, probably Lech Kaczynski would lose these elections in the first round."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

And one of the reasons why France ends up with a republic, and not a monarchy,is because these prefects who represent the Republic can go into conservative regions and say, "hey,we didn't really like the way the elections came out last time; your municipal council, uh-uh-uh,a lot of monarchists there.

这也是为什么最终法国成为共和国,而没有成为君主制国家的原因,是因为,代表共和政体的省长可以去守旧地区并说,"嘿,我们并不喜欢上次的选举方式,你们的城市议会,有太多的拥护君主制度者了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

If everyone, especially the Democrats, has figured out that you can't win elections in America unless you connect with people of faith, how do you do this without coming off as phony?

NPR: Issues of Faith and the Fall Campaign

"Money doesn't win elections, " Mr. Lhota said at a Memorial Day parade in the Little Neck neighborhood of Queens, noting how billionaire Ron Lauder failed to win his mayoral bid in 1989 and billionaire Meg Whitman failed to win her campaign for California governor in 2010.

WSJ: Republican Jabs at Rival as New York City Mayoral Campaigns Rev Up

Schutt, 23, who works nearby at Video Thunder, says he doesn't vote in presidential elections because he doesn't like or trust the candidates.

CNN: NHPrimary.com: Non-voters will stay in the shadows