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4 of 5 Town Hall Debate Undecideds Now Support Obama
By Erika Eichelberger| Mon Nov. 5, 2012 11:57 AM PST
At the second presidential debate, a town hall forum held at Hofstra University, 11 undecided voters from Long Island asked President Obama and Mitt Romney questions on a range of issues, including unemployment, gun control, and equal pay for women. Mother Jones caught up with five of them, all of whom are still dealing with the aftermath of Sandy, and asked if they finally have decided. Results? Four of the five say they're voting for Obama. Here's why:
VOTER: Nina E. Gonzalez
QUESTION: "President Obama, during the Democratic National Convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. What has your administration done or plan to do to limit the availability of assault weapons?"
VOTING FOR: OBAMA. "If I could have had a clear understanding of how Gov. Romney would have provided jobs, I would have gone with him. The bottom line is we need food, shelter, and clothing before we can take care of any other needs. I never got a clear understanding about how he would do it. With my question at least Obama showed some concern. Romney just reiterated that he would advocate that people be able to possess weapons. And he essentially said that single mothers were the problem. They have enough problems. He also flip-flopped in regard to his thoughts about abortion. So, I was not happy with his response."
Very interesting and revealing answers from the others:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/town-hall-debate-undecided-voters-obama-romney
former-republican
(2,163 posts)this lady was not undecided.
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(32,731 posts)VOTER: Phillip Tricolla
QUESTION: "Your energy secretary, Steven Chu, has now been on record three times stating its not policy of his department to help lower gas prices. Do you agree with Secretary Chu that this is not the job of the Energy Department?"
LEANING: ROMNEY. "I'm leaning towards Romney only because I think he's a businessman, and maybe we should try something newtake a chance, go off the beaten path, who knows? Every thing is a shot in the dark at this point. They're both good looking, sharp, very presidential looking. It's really hard. No one is sweeping me away. You know, like sweep me away! I say fix the gas prices. When gas is so expensive, almost $4 a gallon, it sucks so much money out of the economy. You wanna get all the votes? Lower the gas prices, get the natural gas, pull it out of the gound. You'd really make a lot of people happy, especially in upstate New York. It would be the answer to our our prayers."