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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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Mitchell Figaredo

“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

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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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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Ann Meade Trahan

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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Judy Ross

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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Angela Gentilcore

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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Irv Abelman

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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Erroll Footman

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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Isaac Ravi Shankara

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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