“The war in Iraq, that’s another one. Health insurance is a big one, that’s probably the biggest. It’s getting so expensive that people can’t afford health insurance anymore. Doctor’s, there’s not enough of them out there, people can’t afford health care. More people than the health care system can handle.”
(Eric Benjamin of Clay, Democrat)
“The most important issue to me when voting this year I think is universal healthcare… I don’t understand why we’re the only industrial developed nation in the world that has a healthcare system like we do. It doesn’t make sense, it’s really difficult and you also pay a lot for it… and I have insurance and I’m worried about it. Iif I didn’t have insurance, how I would feel then?”
(Courtney Jones of Syracuse, Democrat)
“The economy and the war. I feel that the war—well, first off, I don’t think we should have it—and I think it’s costing a lot of our funds and our money that we need here in our country and it’s going out there.”
(Delores Smith of North Syracuse, Democrat)
“The economy is probably the biggest issue. The economy and everything related: jobs. The war in Iraq probably will be an issue even though it hasn’t been recently. They affect the everyday lives of ordinary Americans like ourselves, and people are starting to feel the pinch of it.”
(Mark Stern of Syracuse, Republican)
“Because I’m a medical student, I’m very worried about our nation’s healthcare and all those people that don’t have access to it or have very poor benefits at this point.”
(Jill Tirabissi of Syracuse, independent)
This is Susanna McElligott for Democracywise.
(Susanna McElligott is a senior dual major in newspaper journalism and art history.)
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