Sentence examples for afraid of elections from inspiring English sources

I'm not afraid of elections.

"Everyone is afraid of elections, so they're trying to fight the battle using lots of media pressure," said Aldo Grasso, the television critic for Corriere della Sera, Italy's leading daily newspaper.

"We're not afraid of elections as long as they're free and fair, but we will not participate in a coronation," Dr. Noah Akala, deputy director of Campaigns and Elections of the Orange Democratic Movement Party (ODM), a member of the NASA coalition, told VICE News.

The provisional government is also afraid of the elections and of what the ballot box might have in store.

The leader of the main opposition party, Syriza, accused the two junior coalition parties of pretending to condemn the closing of ERT while continuing to back Mr. Samaras because "they are even more afraid of early elections than New Democracy".

"We're afraid of new elections, because Haider will get more votes," said Susanne Fromwald, 31, a social worker who spent the night sleeping on a sidewalk in an all-night demonstration against the proposed government.

But more importantly, when did we become so afraid of our elections being about ideas rather than the candidate's (D) or (R) next to his or her name?

In 1983, Thatcher turned on Denis Healey: "The right hon gentleman is afraid of an election, is he?

LB: I think IPOs are going to grind to a halt temporarily in November, even leading up to November, pretty much starting [this] week, because everyone is afraid of the election, and markets don't like uncertainty, and whatever you think of the candidates, one of them is a little less predictable than the other.

"I am not afraid of any early elections, including presidential polls," Mr. Yushchenko said at a news conference.

"Meshal now says that he's not afraid of new Palestinian elections because Hamas is now much more popular because of the war.