Voter Profiles: Five Views From Chesterfield Voters
Voters in Chesterfield threw their support behind the major candidates of both parties, sometimes for very different reasons. Read about their decisions and the issues that influenced them below.
Chesterfield Patch spent this morning at the polls, talking with voters about the issues that are important to them and how they influenced their decisions. Below are five short profiles of voters representing different political views, age groups and perspectives. These Chesterfield residents were mainly asked about the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as well as the close contest for a U.S. Senate seat between Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Todd Akin. Will Edgar, voted for Romney The 2012 election was the first 18-year-old Will Edgar had participated in and he found himself struggling with which candidate to chose. True to teenager form, he said he put off his decision until the final day. The issue that…
Frank Johnson
4:49 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Me too. In a close election like this is bound to be, the integrity of the vote will be of great importance. more ›