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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2008 Election Snapshots

Andrew Smith

Age: 26
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Occupation: Gallery Worker
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Independent

“The Whole System has to be changed.”

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/adrew_1-2.mp3]

Christine Mosse

Age: 50
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Occupation: Physician
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democratic

“We have to try the other side.”

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/dr-mosse_1-2.mp3]

Errol Sibdhannie

Age: 61
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Bookseller
First Time Voter: Yes
Affiliation: Democrat

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/sibdhannie_1-2.mp3] “I want this country to develop more so the lower class people could buy a house.”

Lourdes Jamenez

Age: 28
Neighborhood: Bronx
Occupation: Student
First Time Voter:
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“It hurts my pocket – it really does.”

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/jamenezlourdes_1-2.mp3]

Wajid Al-Qadaffi

Age: 51
Location: Bronx, NY
Occupation: Educator
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: None

“They need to have dialogue clearly with Iran, with North Korea, with the emerging perceived threat of the former Soviet Union.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/al_qadaffi_1-2.mp3]

Katrina Davis

Age: 27
Neighborhood: East Bronx
Occupation: Student
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“We’re struggling out here nowadays.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/daviskatrina_1-22.mp3]

Michael Verdi

Age: 21
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Environmental Activist
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affliation: Independent

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/verdi_1-2.mp3]

“The most important thing we need to focus on is getting off our dependance of oil.”

Louise Greene

Age: 62
Location:  Fort Greene, NY
Occupation: Occupational Therapist
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat

[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/greene_1-2.mp3] “I would really love to have peace.”

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