Age: 20
Neighborhood: East New York
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“A better economy. Better jobs, taxes. Just a better world.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/11/todd_1-2.mp3]Age: 20
Neighborhood: East New York
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“A better economy. Better jobs, taxes. Just a better world.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/11/todd_1-2.mp3]Age: 62
Neighborhood: Crown Heights
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“We got a lot of cleaning up to do. You see the country, the recession, the bail out and things like that. You know. All of us feeling the clinch”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/11/joseph_1-2.mp3]Age: 30
Neighborhood: Crown Heights
Occupation: Buyer for promotional business company
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“[Europeans] look at everybody in America like we all voted for Bush.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/9/files/2008/10/davidmarch.mp3]Age: 39
Neighborhood: Flatbush
Occupation: Carpenter
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat
Age: 30
Neighborhood: Prospect Park South
Occupation: Teacher
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“In four years I’d like to see things more equal for everyone.”
Age: 28
Neighborhood: Prospect Park South
Occupation:Musician
First Time Voter:No
Political Affiliation:Democrat
Age: 24
Neighborhood: Flatbush
Occupation: Single Mother
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“Financially we need a big change… As a single mother with two kids things are very expensive.”
Age: 24
Name: Jeremy Gastelum
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Occupation: Undergraduate at the Fashion Institute of Technology
First Time Voter: No
Political Affiliation: Democrat
“So what can’t gay people have the same rights?”