Independent

Age: 22
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Occupation: Photographer
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent 

“I think that we’ve lost respect for ourselves, and the world has lost respect for this country.”

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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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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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Neighborhood: Roosevelt Island
Occupation: Runs Island Kids
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“I think that the general feeling of the country is very negative.”

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Age: 46
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, Queens
Occupation: Nurse
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“I’d love to see this country like 20 years ago…”

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Age: 30
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, Queens
Occupation: Planner
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“…we don’t have to live with the horrible Republican policies…”

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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: 79
Neighborhood: Midwood/Ocean Parkway
Occupation: Retired
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“I hope the war will end in Iraq, honorably for us, and I just feel that was a terrible tragedy because I’ve been in Iraq and it was a beautiful country, beautiful people, and I think it’s terrible what happened to them.”

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Age: 23

Occupation: Unemployed

First time voter: No

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Political Affiliation: Independent

Age: 26
Neighborhood: Midwood, Brooklyn
Occupation: Self-Employed
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“I actually think the economy has flourished in the last four years a lot more than it has over the last 20 years, and I think one of the reasons for that is because the markets were deregulated and people were allowed to go out and make as much as they’d like to without having to worry about being taxed up the wazoo.”

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