“My main concern is the issue of the two-party system and opening it up to a more equitable exposure for more third parties and independent parties — such as the Green Party— and getting a fairer place at the table, fairer amounts of exposure and voting those parties to get more participation from individuals and voters.”
(Frank Cetera, 40, of Syracuse, certified business advisor at Onondaga Community College, Green Party)
“Education, jobs and healthcare — those are my three. Maybe not in that order, but they’re all definitely expectations. I’d like for healthcare to be for everybody, like we have in other states. I think we have a lot of sick people. Medications are too high and very unaffordable.”
(Teresa Dumas, 53, of Syracuse, homemaker, Democrat)
“I’d like to stop all the welfare handout (expletive). I just think people need to learn to rely on themselves and make their own futures instead of depending on someone else.”
(Paul Swimm, 27, of Syracuse, self-employed landscaper, Republican)
“Main concerns are healthcare and survival of the middle class. I 
just think that the elected officials we put in office need to work together and straighten this country out and not be worrying about party lines – worrying about the citizens that elected them in to their positions and making our lives better.”
(Elizabeth Toomey, 45, of Mattydale, program coordinator at Prevention Network, Democra
t)
“I would like Romney to get in and clean us up. I would like to, again, stop spending. What justifies getting Obama reelected? He’s done nothing for our country in the last four years. Are you better today than you were four years ago? I’m not.”
(Karl Slake, 67, of Syracuse, retired financial planner for Carrier Corp., Republican)
(Liz Sawyer is a junior majoring in newspaper and online journalism.)
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