Senator John DeFrancisco held his Fifth Annual Senior Fair on Wednesday, giving senior citizens from the area a chance to find help on different issues concerning their lifestyles.
These are issues that could play a big part in determining how the demographic votes in next month's Presidential election. Seniors we talked to had differing opinions on what they thought were top priorities.
"Social security, the strength of that program, and Medicare have to be in the top three at least," said Brenda DeGroff, a senior citizen from Syracuse.
"We're used to doing some traveling and a lot of things, gas has affected us," said Joanne Whalen of Syracuse, after saying that the economy was the top concern for everyone. "Anything that affects anybody affects a senior citizen."
One senior didn't offer an opinion as to what was most important when we asked him, rather he vented about the political system in general.
"The whole system is terrible," said Norman Nikolini of Solvay. "Everything is corrupt as far as I'm concerned. It's so crooked, it's unbelievable."
For those who had opinions on what was most important to the country, DeGroff summed it up accurately.
"The economy. Education. Terrorism. We all as Americans think of those things as being very important."
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