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Nearly 30 years ago, Ronald Reagan famously asked Americans, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" More than 60 NYCity News Service reporters fanned out through the city in the days before the historic Nov. 4 election to ask New Yorkers:
"Where do you want this country to be four years from now?"

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Ages 55-64

Fred Abramowitz

Age: 56
Neighborhood: Fort Collins, Colorado
Occupation: Lawyer
First Time Voter: No
Party Affiliation: Democrat

“I’d like it to be a welcoming country.”

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Mario Mercado

Age: 55
Neighborhood: West Harlem
Occupation: Scenic Artist
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“This country should be in a much more liberal state.”

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Lisa Weiss

Age: 55
Neighborhood: Poughkeepsie, NY
Occupation: Landscape Architect
1st Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“Having the proper economy, we can withdraw our troops and bring our guys and women home and stop the bleeding in terms of financial commitment.”

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Joseph Thomas

Age: 62
Neighborhood: Crown Heights
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“We got a lot of cleaning up to do.  You see the country, the recession, the bail out and things like that.  You know.  All of us feeling the clinch”

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Kate Horsfield

Age: 60
Name: Kate Horsfield
Neighborhood: East Village
Occupation: Artist
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“Something’s really wrong.”

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Tina Fantauzzi

Age: 63
Neighborhood: Upper East Side, Manhattan
Occupation: Retiree
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“I’m praying to God that we are going back to the same way we use to be.”

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Anella Panariello

Age: 60
Neighborhood: Windsor Terrace
Occupation: Retired banker
Fist Time Voter: No
Party Affiliation: Republican

“I want to feel extremely secure”

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Robert Crooke

Age: 57
Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
Occupation: Systems Programmer
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“I’d like us to be dealing with some of the issues that we have at home.”

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Claudia Valentino

Age: 55
Neighborhood: Forest Hills
Occupation: Writer and editor
Political affiliation: Democrat
First time voter: No

“I want there to be solid, steady funding for education.”

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Patty Carpenter

Age: 55

Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn

Occupation: Jazz Singer and Piano Player

First Time Voter: No

Political Affiliation: Democratic Party

“I’d like to see us out of Iraq, particularly.”

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