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When beginning these interviews I went in with preconceived notions of who I thought would vote for whom. For example, I assumed that my African-American interviewee would vote for Kerry, as would my Hispanic interviewees. I also assumed that the Japanese interviewee would be a Bush supporter as would my Libertarian interviewee. My initial feelings were about 50% correct. What I did find was that the difference between people who plan to vote for Bush and those who plan to vote for Kerry seem to follow socio-economic lines, regardless of ethnic origin, and that those who plan to vote Democratic were less flexible in whom they would vote for. I have divided the interviewees into three groups -- Democrat, Republican and Libertarian and have highlighted the issues that cause them to vote the way they do.
The sample consists of eight individuals. The demographics break down as follows. D.M. is a 75-year-old male. He is a retired union, assembly-line worker. K.H. is a 30-year-old mother and short-order cook. She is not registered to vote, but plans vote in the 2004 presidential elections. L.D. is a married with one child, white, upper middle-class, graphic designer. A.C. is an African-American single mother of two who works as a secretary. R.Y. immigrated to the United States in the mid-eighties from Japan. She a middle-class, stay-at-home mom. V.R. is a Cuban grandmother in her mid-sixties. She and her husband are retired university Spanish professors. A.A. is Brazilian, network engineer for a Fortune 500 company who came legally to the United States in the early eighties. E.G. owns a P.R. firm, is married with no children. Her parents were Holocaust survivors.
Of the sample group, four consider themselves to be Democrats -- D.M., K.H., A.C. And R.Y. None have college degrees and all claim to base their ideas on network television and what they hear their friends and family say. When asked why they are Democrats, the four had different reasons. For example, D.M., the retired union employee states, "My dad was a Democrat, so I have always felt loyal to the party. After I joined the union, way back when, I let my democratic roots take hold because to vote Republican would undermine my livelihood, because, as you know, Republicans hate unions." K.H. admits that she does not follow politics much. She voted for Al Gore in the last election because, "he really understands what it's like to be poor. I think John Kerry does too. I have...
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