Who Are These People?

Name: Kirsten
Age: 24
Hometown: Staten Island, New York USA
Current Location: Leicester UK
Registered as: Democrat
The Man or Woman I Support for President (as of 31 January 2008): Barack Obama
The issues I find most important include: healthcare, human rights and ending torture, restoring the standing of the US in the world, honesty, net neutrality, reducing carbon emissions, education reform, combating poverty. (I’ve never written those all out before. I appear to be a hippie!)

Name: Jenna
Age: 22, almost 23
Hometown: Rochester Hills, Michigan, USA
Current Location: Leicester, England, UK
Registered as: Independent
The Man or Woman I Support for President (as of 31 January 2008): John McCain, though I don’t hate Obama
The issues I find most important include: integrity in office and as a human being, ending the war in Iraq as quickly as responsibly possible, finding a sensible and ethical way to deal with immigration (eg. amnesty for those with jobs), healthcare made available to all (though not socialized), limiting abortion, campaign reform, social security reform, reducing the harm we’re doing to the environment

In an ideal world there would be more of us and a wider variety of countries, demographics and political opinions would be represented. If you’ve got something to say and you’re interested in joining our blog, please post a comment (and fill out the survey if you want!) here and we’ll get in touch with you ASAP.