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Carol, a retired restaurant management trainer and waitress, lives on her parents farm in the Grass Valley of Missoula, which she owns with her brother. She has six children that she "raised mostly by herself," and had to work two full time jobs in order to support them.
Healthcare is an important issue to Carol because says says:
I'm not old enough for Medicare. If I had had preventive medical care, I wouldn't have had to retire so early.
As a volunteer in our Missoula office, Carol phonebanks, does data entry, and helps out around the office. She says:
I'm the worker bee. I do whatever they ask me to do. I talk to a lot of people!
Veterans issues are really important to Carol, and she says, "my heart breaks for the veterans coming home. They're not getting the care that they need." She's impressed with Barack's plans to help our veterans, saying "he has a human consideration for what's going on."
Carol also likes how "Barack's donations come from regular people. He will not be beholden to big corporations, he will be beholden to us."
Carol is making sure that everyone she knows votes for Barack on June 3! Find your polling location and make sure to vote!