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New Yorkers at polling sites around the city weren’t satisfied to just let their votes do the talking for them on Super Tuesday. Many had lots to say about the candidates, the campaign, the country – and themselves. Here’s a sampling:
In 2004, Janet Pommells, a Coney Island resident since 1990, crossed party lines to vote for George W. Bush because she believed his rhetoric about Saddam Hussein and the war in Iraq.
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Blue and red diamond-shaped signs in Korean, Spanish, English and Chinese urged residents to vote at the Saint Sebastian Parish polling station in Woodside, Queens.
The posters also were outside the Charles O. Dewey School in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as well as hundred of other polling sites throughout the five boroughs – signs of the changing city.
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Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential bid has drawn the interest of African immigrants – including those from Kenya, where the candidate’s father was born.
Some are planning to vote for Obama, while others say he has no chance of winning because of thee color of his skin.
Adeola Oladele spoke with African immigrants in Brooklyn.
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Annemarie Martinez, the poll coordinator for the city Board of Elections in Jamaica Estates, Queens, walked from table to table in P.S. 178’s gym, checking on her staff of poll officers – a group of 13 middle aged men and women who sat ready for a giant stream of voters to pour in.
“Maybe they’ll come after work,” poll official Jay Dean said.
But maybe there weren’t many voters because P.S. 178 is off the beaten path – and there weren’t any signs to help those unfamiliar with the Radnor Road school.
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New Yorkers volunteering for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign worked their way down Broadway Sunday encouraging Manhattanites to vote for their candidate. The gathering attracted many younger voters, most of whom stressed Clinton’s legislative record and public policy experience over opponent Barack Obama’s youth and focus on hope.
Just beyond the neon-laden glitz of Atlantic City’s casinos are residents whose lives are light years away from those of the high rollers. Locals are greeting Super Tuesday with reactions ranging from disdain to apathy to hope.
