Elkhart voices
Barack Obama promised a green recovery for Elkhart County, Indiana, in August 2009. Suzanne Goldenberg visited a year later and found the county still waiting.
We speak to residents about their lives and about their politics ahead of November's midterm elections
• Interviews by Simon Jeffery and Elkhart resident Summer Sellers
Elkhart travels Obama's slow road to recovery but struggles to feel the benefit
In 2008, Barack Obama promised to turn Elkhart's fortunes around. But as the president puts forward his case for four more years, workers in this Indiana car town continue to feel the pinch
Election night in Elkhart County
Summer Sellers talks to four of her fellow residents on election night, the last in a series of interviews
Katie Sanders: 'People wanted Obama's optimism. He might have spoken too soon'
Catherine Koziatek: 'I have to be optimistic. I'm a Christian'
Dave Heroux: 'We're owed $10,000 in band dues'
Don Graves: 'We Americans want everything now and we don't want to wait'
Jason Varner: 'We're voting for the lesser evil, not the greatest good'
Michael Miller: 'The Democrats and Obama have failed to address gay rights'
Robert Juday: 'The stimulus cheque paid some bills'
Spencer Short: 'Fear tactics are used to make people think one way'
Mike Sanders: 'I am an Obama person. I like Obama'
Shana Dines: 'People ask how a Christian can be for Obama'
Shana Dines, speaking for the second time, talks about the mainly Republican poiitics of those around her in Elkhart County
Catherine Koziatek: 'Will I vote Democrat? I'm not 100% sure'
Catherine Koziatek, a Methodist pastor originally from France, voted for Obama in 2008 but undecided so far about how she will vote in the midterms
Summer Sellers: 'It's getting better, but it's really slow'
Shana Dines: 'We filed bankruptcy, which was humiliating'
