·Voting for Gore (11.7.2000) ·Down the Stretch: Vote Gore, but Not For Sure (10.31.2000) ·After The Final Debate: Leaning Gore. Four More Years Vs. Taking A Chance (10.18.2000) ·After the Second Debate (10.13.00) ·After the First Debate: What Neither Candidate Cared to Mention (10.5.2000) ·Introduction (10.2.00) Joseph is 30 years old and is a vice president of marketing at an architecture and design firm. He is single. Though eligible to vote since 1988, this will be the first election in which he plans to vote. community, diversity, taxes He played football at Cornell University and tried out for the New York Giants.

This has been a difficult trek. The candidates share so many views, it's tough to split them down a line. However, when I look at very specific initiatives, the line becomes slightly clearer.

The ads for both candidates are overkill. They do nothing to steer me in either direction. Also, any ad that takes jabs at the other candidate, I automatically discount.

If I look at the debates collectively, I think that Gore did the least amount of harm, although he had a poor third debate. My colleagues are very split down the center, with a slight edge to Gore. But understand that many of my friends and colleagues are female and don't believe that Bush positively represents their best interests.

My two greatest concerns are education and race relations. I agree with both attitudes regarding testing within schools. I don't agree with the voucher proposal. It suggests that the Federal government is fine with the ultimate failure of the public school system. If 90% of American children go to public schools, this option is unacceptable. Race relations within the nation will get progressively worse if the economy weakens, schools further deteriorate, the economic gap widens, minority populations increase and/or persons from the racial majority continue to believe that the playing field is even. The federal government can get involved now with comprehensive diversity awareness programming, or it can step-in in the near future when angry urbanites forcibly tear down the surburbanite fences. If the disenfranchised ever begin to understand that power relinquishes nothing voluntarily, look out ivory tower.

Neither candidate gets this issue. We've made too much progress as a nation to regress now. Bush is not only seemingly clueless about the plight of "others", he seems to fault them for their situations. That scares me, regardless of the amount of tax reduction he might afford me. I plan to make my final decision by November 6. My prayer for ultimate guidance is still being answered.

·Voting for Gore (11.7.2000) ·Down the Stretch: Vote Gore, but Not For Sure (10.31.2000) ·After The Final Debate: Leaning Gore. Four More Years Vs. Taking A Chance (10.18.2000) ·After the Second Debate (10.13.2000) ·After the First Debate: What Neither Candidate Cared to Mention (10.5.2000) ·Introduction (10.2.2000)