“Abortion, the economy, and the war in Iraq.”
(John Crisafulli, 26, SU grad student, Democrat, voting for Barack Obama)
“War. I don’t like that. Some of my family is over there. That and I feel like America’s more worried about other countries and not the economy. And then, gas…’cause once I start driving, I’m sorry, but that’s got to go down.”
(India Buffalo, 18, of Syracuse, Macy’s sales associate, independent, voting for Obama)
“First of all, the inner cities. The things going on in inner cities, because that touches me. The weapons in the neighborhood that’s getting people locked up, that’s getting people killed. Also jobs. The list, I can just keep going on and on.”
(Omar Bellamy, 23, of Mattydale, hot dog lunch vendor in Syracuse, Democrat, voting for Obama)
“Medical, employment, and the economy.”
(Nancy Pelligrini, 47, of Syracuse, café cashier, at Syracuse University, Republican, undecided but leaning toward John McCain)
“Economy, economy and economy. I think the economy stinks for an awful lot of people. The middle class is being decimated. I think everything is being skewed to the top one percent. And actually I’ll throw out to the economy as well — we got to do something about the oil issue.”
(Marty Toper, 50, of Baldwinsville, systems analyst, independent, undecided, was leaning to Obama before GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech at GOP convention.)
(Leigh Paynter is a graduate student in broadcast journalism.)
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