“I have a 5-year-old son, so…what’s the U.S. going to be like when he is 40 years old? I want it to be a good place for him to live — and all I see is the 1920s and the depression happening all over again. I don’t want to see people living in shacks in the middle of the woods. I want him to be able to be successful.”
( Natasha Jandolenko, 21, of Manlius, manager at Target, registered Working Families Party, leaning toward voting for Democrat Barack Obama)
“Something’s gotta happen. When milk costs 4 bucks a gallon and gas costs 5 bucks a gallon, it takes me an hour to buy a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas. It’s crazy.”
(Scott Richards, 33, of East Syracuse, shift manager at the Great Northern Pizza Kitchen, Democrat, voting for Obama)
“Oh, I’m definitely stuck without healthcare now, so — and going back to school, they say then you can be on someone’s healthcare plan, like your parents or whatever. But you know, every other person I talk to, it seems like they work their ass off — pardon my language — everybody but still can’t afford healthcare. Kinda weird, kinda sad.” [reporter: “Are you in the same boat?”] “Yeah, I have three jobs.”
(Elizabeth Batt, 22, of Syracuse, manager at 7 Rays bookstore, leaning toward Obama)
“I like McCain and he was a good soldier. But I think he is outdated. You know what I mean?He doesn’t have young ideas. He won’t get into corruption — I’m sure he won’t because most of those Republicans get money for that. So, I think he is too old. You know, some people are old but they have young ideas. And he said too many bad things about Obama that really turned me off.”
(Carol Wolfe, 62, of Fayetteville, retired real estate agent, Republican, voting for Obama)
“And I’ll tell you another thing I like Biden, I love that man. He is one smart man. I could care if he’s 100 percent maybe back in Israel for everything but he is a fair man. He is a fair man — smart. He know what’s going on. In the Middle East, they love him because you gotta have justice. Justice for everybody — you can’t say you are better than him or him better than you.”
(Majdi Essi, 62, retired welder, of Syracuse, immigrant from Jordan and a U.S citizen for 40 years), registered Republican, voting for Obama)
For Democracywise, I’m Chloe Sommers.
(Chloe Sommers is a graduate student in broadcast journalism.)
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