“No more credit for people who don’t have the actual cash to buy.”
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Age: 47
Neighborhood: Park Slope
Occupation: Landlord/Realter
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
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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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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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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Age: 32
Neighborhood: Park Slope
Occupation: Social worker
First Time voter: No
Party Affiliation: Democrat
“(I hope) That my kid has no chance of getting enlisted in the military.”
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Age: 50
Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Occupation: Retired
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democratic Party
“We need a lot of change is what I see right now.”
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Age: 49
Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Occupation: Artist
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democratic Party
“I would like to see the country healing from a lot of the assaults that we’ve been under for the last eight years under Bush.”
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Age: 67
Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Occupation: Retired
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democratic Party
“I’d like to see everybody pitching in a lot more than they are now. I really believe in some kind of national service.”
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Age: 40
Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Occupation: Compliance Department on Commodities Exchange
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent
“What’s happening is the divide between the poor and rich is getting wider and wider, so we need that middle class to balance this country.”
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Age: 23
Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Occupation: Filmmaker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent
“The world is getting smaller and smaller and we can’t keep pushing people way.”
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