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...forty to fifty people I spoke to, only four had made up their minds: I found one Tsongas supporter, two Clinton backers, and one who planned on voting for Harkin. Nearly all of the Nashua residents I met claimed that they planned to vote in the February 18th primary, but 90 percent had not decided on a candidate. Many didn't even know who was running. Here are profiles of some of the voters I talked...
...Sharon, a young single mother, had just returned from the grocery store with her six-year-old son when I arrived at her apartment. She had not chosen a candidate yet, but was very interested in what Harkin would do for the economy and the health care system. In her neat lower-middle class apartment, Sharon told me that although she resented Bush's handling of the economy, she "hadn't gotten around to looking into all the candidates...
...Jill, an articulate and well-informed woman in her thirties, was supporting Tsongas for the nomination. Harkin was her second choice...
...Esther, whose family recently emigrated from Israel, was leaning toward Clinton. She and her husband were impressed by Clinton's centrist message and were concerned that the Democratic nominee should be electable in November. Esther was happy, however, to hear of Harkin's strong pro-Israel stance...
...Cecile, a sharp middle-aged woman with an attack dog at her side, stayed behind her screen door as she expressed her disappointment with the Democratic field. While Clinton was too much a shifty politician, Kerrey was too boring, Tsongas too technocratic, and Harkin too short on details. She wanted the candidates to elucidate their messages with more specifics...