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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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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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Jo Anne Palmer

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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Kate Defoor

Age: 24
Neighborhood: Williamsburg
Occupation: Student
Political Affiliation: Republican

“I’d like to see some changes in the economic sector.”

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Luis Vaz

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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Sheldon Rokeach

Age: 63
Neighborhood: Flatbush
Occupation: Salesman
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican

“The economy has to have more free enterprise, which Obama is against. He’s for more socialism.”

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Johanna Barron and Thomas Boyle

Ages: Barron (60), Boyle (50)
Neighborhood: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Occupation: Both retired
First Time Voters: No
Political Affiliation: Barron – Republican; Boyle – Democrat

“I wanna see that everyone can have medical insurance…it’s not right what they’re doing.”

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“And why should kids have to worry about getting an education?”

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Mary Santiago

Age: 44
Neighborhood: Bensonshurst, Brooklyn
Occupation: Not given
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican

“I want to see more people working together…”

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Michael D’aries

Age: 32
Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
Occupation: Attorney
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican

“I’m actually voting for Barack Obama, and I’m a Republican from Pennsylvania.”

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Karyn Petersen

Age: 40
Neighborhood: South Ozone Park
Occupation: District Manager
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican
“More affordable healthcare, especially for seniors.”

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Greg Manning

Age: 45
Neighborhood: Highbridge, Bronx
Occupation: Police officer
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Republican

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