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I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.

I voted for you during your last election.

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.

Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.

The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you.

I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day.