“Unemployment for the younger people, that’s a big issue. The next biggest issue: You get somebody in there that knows how to run this country. Right now we don’t have anybody in there doing that.”
(John Stone, 83, of Syracuse, retired real estate salesman, Republican)
“My three major concerns: How divided the country is. I would say the continuing, the continuing wars. And I would say the – hard to put – why the anger toward Obamacare? I believe in health care. I think this is better than nothing.”
(Gene Chylinski, 64, of Jamesville, N.Y., retired social worker, Democrat)
“I’m worried based on what kind of country my kids and grandchildren are going to have to live in. Are they going to have to pay a ton of taxes to pay off the debt? Are we going to be able to protect ourselves against other countries like China? And yeah, I’m really concerned about whether my kids are going to be able to go to college or not. How long will they be paying off student loans so they can go to college?”
(John Sexton, 51, of southwest Syracuse, engineer at the New York State Department of Transportation, unaffiliated with a political party)
“For foreign involvement, they should limit it. But it should just be like we’re still there to help them if they need us.”
(Adam Johnson, 18, of Watertown, technical support at Stream, unaffiliated with a political party)
“The economy, or all three of them – really need to listen to the voices of the people to determine what we need rather than what the political parties think we need. Switch off the demographics and start listening to the people.”
(Steven Tompkins, 58, of Liverpool, Department of Veterans Affairs, unaffiliated with a political party.)
(Laurence Léveillé is a senior majoring in newspaper journalism.)
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