Yet they knew about the marriages and mannerisms, the faith and careers of the candidates, and they brimmed with unvarnished opinions about any trait that strikes them as admirable — or just as likely, annoying.
“It drives me crazy,” Rose Williams, a retired teacher in Bridgewater, N.H., said of Mr. Romney’s voice. “When he’s on TV or on a commercial, I put it on mute.”…
Those interviewed were equally as outspoken about what qualities repel them. Phil Dillingham, 62, a retired manager at Ford Motor Company who lives in Moultonborough, N.H., said he could never vote for Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, because of what he called the candidate’s swagger.
“He strikes me as too Bushlike, too strutty, too Texan,” Mr. Dillingham said…
Ann Szot, of Keene, N.H., said her husband “thinks Ron Paul looks like he should be sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons.” Yet he still plans to vote for him, she said.
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