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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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Bonnie Mauss

Age: 66
Neighborhood: Belmont
Occupation: teacher
First Time Voter: no
Political Affiliation: none

“I’d like to see a better education for all the students, not only in New York City, but the whole country.”

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Beth Gray

Age: 65
Neighborhood: Belmont
Occupation: teacher
First Time Voter: no
Political Affiliation: none

“I would like to see this country…on a more certain footing when it comes to the financial problems we are facing now.”

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Oliver Brennan

Age: 48
Neighborhood: Belmont
Occupation: professor
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“I would like to see the United States take a more leading role in the caring for the Earth.”

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Elizabeth Davis

Age: 21
Neighborhood: Belmont
Occupation: student
First Time Voter: yes
Political Affiliation: none

“If we don’t fix education, then there’s not going to be anyone to even fix the country anymore.”

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Matt Ventimiglia

Age: 21
Neighborhood: Belmont
Occupation: student (senior at Fordham University)
First Time Voter: yes
Political Affiliation: none

“Hopefully…there will be more jobs on the market for other seniors in school ready to graduate.”

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Natalie Colon

Neighborhood: University Heights, Bronx
Occupation: Student at CUNY Preparatory High School
Political Affiliation: Democrat

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