It happens every four years: the national media swoop into Super Tuesday states, cover the horse race, and move on — leaving behind voters with a lot left to say about the issues that matter most in their lives. But the conversation doesn't have to end there.
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Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, 70, of Hartford, Vermont, watches the vote on Super Tuesday at the Hartford High School on March 03, 2020 in White River Junction, Vermont.
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Jonathan Alvin, 26, of White River Junction, Vermont, at center, is in line to vote at the Hartford High School on March 3, 2020, in White River Junction.
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Voters at the Hartford High School on March 3, 2020, in White River Junction, Vermont.
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Courtney Enos-Robertson is watched by her daughter Oswin, 4 (or "Winnie" as she is called), as she votes on Super Tuesday at the Kittery Community Center on March 3, 2020, in Kittery, Maine.
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Patti Ayer, at left, and her husband Dave Ayer of Kittery, Maine, are first in line to vote at the Kittery Community Center on March 3, 2020.
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Ed Callahan of Kittery, Maine, is a local poet, talking with friends before going to vote at the Kittery Community Center on March 3, 2020.
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Khayyam Mahdi, 59, is an entrepreneur and barber, and voted in Holyoke, Mass., for Elizabeth Warren. He said he believes in "raising wages so men and women are paid equally, addressing the historical toxic residues of racism."
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Kathleen Keating is an 89-year-old nun. She said the gap between rich and poor was a big issue for her when she voted in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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Christine MacCune, 20, at left, is a UMass Amherst student who works with Springfield resident Zulmalee Rivera, 42, at right, pictured in Springfield. They both voted for Bernie Sanders. MacCune said Sanders "stands for the public."
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Veteran Eugene Linnehan, 86, at right, voted in Springfield, Mass., for Joe Biden. "I like his attitude," he said. "If he's right, he's right. If he's wrong, he's wrong, and he admits it." He's pictured with his daughter-in-law, Joan Linnehan.
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Man Tamang, 84, at left, with her son Dil, 47, in West Springfield, Mass. Dil has two sons and voted for Bernie Sanders because he might decrease student debt. The Tamangs spent 22 years in a refugee camp in Nepal before coming to the U.S. a decade ago.
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Joanna and Doug Riddell of New Salem, Mass., voted for Mike Bloomberg. Joanna likes him for his tone. "We don't need more hate. We need more getting together," she said. "Right now, everybody is apart."
John is Executive Editor of the New England News Collaborative, an eight-station consortium of public media newsrooms. He is also the host of NEXT, a weekly program about New England, and appears weekly on The Wheelhouse, WNPR's news roundtable program.
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