Voter Voices

Comments heard from around the nation on Election Day:

“Finally, I think I’m voting for a winner. It’s about time.”

-- Clinton voter Mary Lindmark, 29, a lawyer. She previously voted for Michael S. Dukakis and Walter F. Mondale.

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“He just sounded to me like ‘tax, tax tax.’ ”

-- Clarence Erler, 69, of Salem, Ore., on why he voted against Bill Clinton and for President Bush.

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“I don’t think he can do any worse. If not, he’s only in for four years.”

-- Steve Luckett, 35, of St. Louis, a restaurant owner who voted for Clinton.

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“He doesn’t owe anyone any favors to pay back.”

-- Marjorie Jackson, 72, of Wausau, Wis., on why she voted for Ross Perot.

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“We don’t really like Bush either. We hate them all.”

-- Donald Bross, 69, of Kirkwood, Mo., on the decision he and his wife, Pat, reached to vote for Bush.

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“I’d just as soon have four more years of what we got rather than four more years of what we don’t got. This city is better off under Bush.”

-- Mike Snyders, 41, a Sioux Falls, S.D., banker, on why he voted for Bush.

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“He’s like a battleship: He’s taken a few hits but he’s kept on going. I’ve never seen a guy work as hard as he has.”

-- Jim McSweeney, 29, of Cambridge, Mass., on why he voted for Clinton.

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“I’m living better than I ever lived. Things are good for old people.”

-- Leslie Grah, 87, a retired fishing lodge operator, who voted for Bush.

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“If I voted for Perot and Bush had won, I would have killed myself.”

--Ben Miller, a Columbus, Ohio, loan officer on his vote for Clinton.