Age: 66
Neighborhood: Forest Hills
Occupation: Jewelry store owner
Political affiliation: Democrat
First time voter: No
“I think there is too much wealth in very few hands.”
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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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Age: 49
Neighborhood: Forest Hills
Occupation: Comedian
Political affiliation: Democrat
First time voter: No
“I would like to see more, not just jobs, but quality jobs.”
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Age: 65
Neighborhood: Forest Hills
Occupation: Data processing consultant
Political affiliation: Democrat
First time voter: No
“I think that we can get both the CIA and any other contractors to stop torturing people.”
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Age: 76
Neighborhood: Forest Hills Gardens
Occupation: Real estate broker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican
“If we all lived on what we’d like to do, we’d all be rich.”
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Age: 39
Neighborhood: Kew Gardens
Occupation: Professor of Political Science
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“I’d like to see a government that works for us.”
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Age: 35
Neighborhood: Kew Gardens
Occupation: Lawyer
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“What we’ve seen over the last eight years… is this idea that we can just deregulate everything, and everything will be fine, and it doesn’t work that way.”
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Age: 77
Neighborhood: Kew Gardens
Occupation: opera singer
First Time Voter: no
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“A good life for everybody – but I don’t know if that’s possible.”
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Age: 42
Neighborhood: Jamaica, Queens
Occupation: Mortgage Banker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican
“Too many of my colleagues have perished in this war.”
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Age: 50
Neighborhood: Queens Village, Queens
Occupation: Transit Worker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“People need to be bailed out with the houses before you fix the banks.”
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