“It was always the right thing to do when you were 18. When I was 18, you could drink, you could vote, you could serve your country, so that’s what we did.”
(Mark Eddington, 43, of Syracuse, assistant service manager at Romano Toyota, Democrat, voting for Democrat Barack Obama.)
“And we must embrace a more aggressive scientific, technological, educational model to rebuild the infrastructure in this country.”
(Michael Smith, 51, of Syracuse, yoga instructor, Democrat, voting for Obama.)
“I think probably the best thing we could do is get the hell out of Iraq. But then we need to shore up relationships with our allies and try to work on Putin. Everybody hates us right now. And they’re only our allies in a lot of cases because of aid, dollar signs, that kind of thing.”
(Mark Phelps, 58, of Liverpool, credit manager, Republican, voting for Obama.)
“I’d say probably civil rights issues as far as racial issues, because I think that — especially with Barack Obama as a candidate — that’s going to make, hopefully, some big and interesting changes.”
(Nick Violett, 22, of Syracuse, S.U. grad student, Democrat, for Obama.)
“My kids are 14 and nine and I have no clue on how I’m going to send them to college. Most of my friends who are sending their kids to college are going into the poorhouse. So things like basic education are becoming a class-divide issue.”
(Stacey Smith, 46, of Syracuse, holistic psychological counselor, Democrat, Undecided: between Obama and Green Party Candidate.)
This is Jamie Munks, reporting for Democracywise.
(Jamie Munks is a senior with dual majors in newspaper journalism and political science.)
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