2008 Election Snapshots

Age: 20
Neighborhood: East New York
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“A better economy.  Better jobs, taxes.  Just a better world.”

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”

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.”

Age: 39
Neighborhood: Flatbush
Occupation: Carpenter
First Time Voter: Yes
Political Affiliation: Democrat

“Address the crisis.”

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

“More than anything, I’d like to see the country move away from the more aggressive foreign policy and the narrow-minded focus on terrorism.”

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?”

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