The Nevada Appeal asked six residents what questions they would ask the candidates at the presidential candidate forum this week.
"What are the candidates going to do to help the middle class? We have a widening between the haves and the have nots and the middle class is stuck with the bill."
Trent Dolan
salesman
Carson City
50
"Why can't ex-felons vote? Everybody should have the right to vote."
René Almanza
heavy equipment operator
Carson City
43
"Why are you more qualified than the others? Because I think it's a tough choice between all the qualified candidates."
Sandy Paul
retired
Douglas County
70
"I'm concerned about the environment so I want to know where the candidates stand on environmental concerns. Because George (Bush) doesn't believe there's a problem with the cutbacks at the national parks and with oil (consumption)."
Nancy Patterson
homemaker
Carson City
55
"Why are legal immigrants like myself denied the right to work when we could be contributing to the economy and taxes while we wait for our paperwork? People like myself have gotten married and have to wait to work. I've been waiting six months."
Karen Lemos
Library volunteer/IT administration
Carson City
35
"Is there anyway it (the Iraq war) could be a winning situation? The war has divided a lot of people."
Rich Littlefield
freight driver
Washoe Valley
48
Rich Littlefield
freight driver
Washoe Valley
48
"How do the presidential candidates feel about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump? And how do they feel about our trade tariff on imported ethanol?"
Al Kramer
Carson City Treasurer
Carson City
57
"Are you coming here because you need the votes or are you here because you care about Nevada?"
Zac Moyle
executive director, Nevada Republican Party
Las Vegas
28