A weekend trek to local eating spots in the Bronx found voters who debunk any notion that the borough’s residents are united on choosing their candidate.

Bronx voters are united, though, in their strong reactions to issues like immigration reform, health care coverage, labor reform and troop withdrawal. They are scrutinizing their choices to determine whom they can trust to do right by them.

See the faces and hear the voices of some of the folks who discussed politics over the weekend at the El Valle restaurant on Jerome Avenue, National Doughnut on Bedford Park Blvd., and Starbucks on W. 225th Street.

(Photos by Claudia Cruz)

New Yorkers volunteering for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign worked their way down Broadway Sunday encouraging Manhattanites to vote for their candidate. The gathering attracted many younger voters, most of whom stressed Clinton’s legislative record and public policy experience over opponent Barack Obama’s youth and focus on hope.

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Gregory Smith calls himself the gardener of a grassroots movement that drove a crowd of Brooklynites to march over the city’s most iconic bridge in support of Barack Obama.

But Smith was more of a cheerleader than a groundskeeper on Saturday, as he jumped up and down demanding marchers repeat the candidate’s buzz phrase — “Yes, we can.”

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Harlem4Obama, a grassroots political organization, has been pounding the streets of the community in an effort to deliver the presidency to Senator Barack Obama.

“His message is very clear. It’s a message for the future,” said Michael Washington, the group’s president. “He’s shown extreme ability to cross numerous lines that have divided us for a long time.”

Dana L. Oliver spoke with members of the group.

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Not every New Yorker supports the hometown politician. Luis Cordova, a Dominican immigrant who runs an upper Manhattan barbershop, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency.

Just beyond the neon-laden glitz of Atlantic City’s casinos are residents whose lives are light years away from those of the high rollers. Locals are greeting Super Tuesday with reactions ranging from disdain to apathy to hope.

At lunch time in the Financial District, Alvin Badall wrapped and served a veggie roti for a regular from Buffalo, a chicken roti with pepper sauce to a man from the West Indies, and a shrimp roti to an Englishman – in less then five minutes.

Despite the freezing temperatures, a line of people formed at Nio’s Trinidad Roti truck on Front St.

“It’s a fast food that has the taste of home,” said Ramin Ganeshram, author of “Sweet Hands,” a Trinidadian cookbook. “It’s cheap, it’s quick and if you like it, you can go back — you don’t have to make the investment of immersion right away.”

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