Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney makes a final push for votes in the Quad Cities. He hosted a rally at Seven Cities Sod, a family owned businesses in Davenport, Monday afternoon. Romney focused on the economy, renewable energy, and jobs. He told the crow that he's just as frustrated with Washington as many Americans.
"They can't take on the massive deficit that we have and it threatens the future of our country. And at the same time they haven't been able to get the economy going. We've gone four years now with 23 million people struggling to find a good job," said Romney.
The crowd of nearly two thousand people packed onto the sod farm yard. From them, Romney is hoping to get not just votes, but voices from more supporters. Whether their minds are made up at this point in the game or not, it seems to really come down to something different for each voter.
Among those who turned out in the diverse crowd Tuesday, KWQC caught up with a student, a business owner, and a farmer. All had different issues they're basing their decision on in this election, from the debt to jobs.
As a life-long farmer, Clinton County resident Leon Frick thinks Romney's plan to seize more opportunities in trade is one way of making that happen, through both manufacturing and agriculture. "We're an agriculture oriented country, state. Agriculture is the best thing going in the world right now for a lot of reasons. We've got a lot of people to feed," said Frick.
Aside from getting an autograph, Pam Lindquist-Mettee is thinking about what could be in store for American businesses. Her family-owned car dealership is holding off on new hiring until knowing the outcome of the election. "We're not suffering as a business from it, but the people we could be hiring are suffering because I'm not going to hire more until I know how much it's going to cost me to have an employee," said Lindquist-Mettee.
For some, both the rally and voting for a president are firsts. One local student say hearing what Mitt Romney had to say in person helped her recognize what's important to her come November 6th. "I liked listening to him talk about how he's going to change the spending and his plan to get it in motion," said Nicara Eyman.
