“We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote.”

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The quote argues for choosing a candidate who can win narrowly rather than one who is only popular with an overwhelming majority. It suggests the priority is electoral success, not broad consensus. The wording also implies a strategic, pragmatic view of politics.

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About Ann Coulter

American conservative political activist, author, columnist and lawyer

Ann Coulter is an American conservative political activist, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. Born Ann Hart Coulter, she became widely known in the late 1990s as a media pundit and an outspoken critic of the Clinton administration. Her first book focused on the impeachment of Bill Clinton and drew on her work writing legal briefs for Paula Jones’s attorneys, along with columns she had written about the cases. She also writes a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate, which appears in newspapers and on conservative websites, and has written 13 books.

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Books by Ann Coulter

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)

2004

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Slander

2002

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Treason

2004

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Demonic

2011

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