Dianne Winiarz, 45, a registered independent who works as at a large bank in Massachusetts, said she would vote for the Republican ticket, even though she found McCain’s choice of running mate “curious” and was “not thrilled” with either party’s candidates.
“This will be the first time I vote Republican in a presidential election,” she said. “I have always voted Democrat but Obama is too far to the left for me.”
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Tina Papagiannopoulos, a 37-year-old lawyer from Maryland also registered as independent, said she would vote for Obama because “he is right on the money with respect to what is causing our country’s problems and how to fix them.”
Christine, a 47-year-old stay-at-home mother in Colorado with three soccer-playing children, will also be voting for Obama.
“McCain wants to stay the course in Iraq, and while I don’t support a sudden and full pull-out of American troops, we need an exit strategy,” said Christine, an independent voter who asked not to be fully named.
“Also, I’m pro-choice. Women have aborted pregnancies for centuries and will continue to do so. There needs to be a safe option, as opposed to back-alley abortions,” she said.



