Anna Johnson, Laurel Moranz, Zane Fonseca, Mark Ciaralli, Erik Mercado (Caitlin M. Francis)
“Give more jobs. Less testing for drugs when it comes to a job because that will help stop a lot of crime — because people are getting tested, drug tested, and they’re not able to get a job. So that’s going to make it even worse.”
(Anna Johnson, of Syracuse, unemployed, unaffiliated with a political party)
“Obama has been handed a huge, huge project of running this country and bringing it back from a lot of mistakes that I think were made over the past years before he came into office. And I also think that he’s just one person and even though he’s the president I think people use him kind of as a scapegoat.”
(Laurel Moranz, 60, of Skaneateles, works at Eureka Crafts, registered Democrat)
“I would say on a scale of one to ten as far as Obama’s concerned, I’d be like a seven. As far as the Senate, that’s the biggest problem right there, the lack of bi-partisanship, so that’s like a three.”
(Zane Fonseca, 26, of Bridgeport, self-employed plumber, unaffiliated with a political party)
“I think obviously the economy, we just have to work on that, and keep people in New York State.”
(Mark Ciaralli, 30, of East Syracuse, CPA at Green and Seifter, registered Democrat)
“I’m not thrilled about the government, because obviously, they control, I guess, us in a way. They just want our money.”
(Erik Mercado, 35, of the North Side of Syracuse, works for Child Protective Services of Onondaga County, unaffiliated with a political party)
(Caitlin M. Francis is a graduate student in broadcast and digital journalism.)
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