The voters speak
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Advertiser Staff
Voters in Nevada and South Carolina made their preferences known yesterday in nominating contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Here's what some Nevada and South Carolina voters had to say about who they voted for and why:
"We need change. He's from Hawai'i, and most people from Hawai'i have a good heart."
Gregory Lowery, 47, a Native Hawaiian and convention set-up worker at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, who supports Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.
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"I really appreciate his business experience and his family values. He's not a career politician. I think he'll apply business principles to our government. I love his ideas for strengthening our military."
Shannon Leonesio, 35, of Reno, Nev., who supports former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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"I cast my vote for a candidate I like a lot. However, I think it's still early in the election process. I want to do a lot more investigating, and there's a chance I might change my vote."
Diana Pugh, 57, an auditor in Sparks, Nev., who supports Arizona Sen. John McCain.
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"I'm a developer and things aren't going real good for me and I would like to see change. I think she'll do that for me. I think there were a lot of changes in the 1990s with Bill Clinton, and I think she'll continue that."
Greg Wissenback, 52, of Sparks, Nev., who supports Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
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"I'm looking for true change. We're sliding back toward liberalism, and we need someone who believes in the Constitution, and the direction that our forefathers wanted this country to go in."
Cherie Waggoner, a self-employed Columbia, S.C., resident, who voted for Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.
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"I feel that he will remember the everyday person, the middle-class person."
Diane Weeks, 54, an Orangeburg, S.C., banker, who voted for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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"He was very laid back — he seemed very knowledgeable. He answered the questions immediately, didn't dilly-dally around."
Pat Moseley, 69, a retired nurse from Orangeburg, S.C., who supports former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson.
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"I like the way he handled things after 9/11 in New York City, and he just seems a little bit more real to me than a lot of the other candidates."
Baker Cleveland, a 25-year-old law student at the University of South Carolina, who is supporting former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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"I think he is a regular guy. I actually didn't think he stood a chance, but then he picked up steam."
Andrew Twitty, 19, an education major at the University of South Carolina, who voted for Huckabee.
