Election excitement is down compared to 2008

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - There was much excitement for the 2008 election, especially in Indiana.

Indiana was a swing state and then-presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stopped in Fort Wayne at Sara's Family Restaurant.

Hundreds of people came out, but only 100 people were allowed inside to sit and chat with Clinton. Nabi Faghihi, restaurant's owner, remembers how inspired everyone was.

"People were excited and people for days, were talking about being a part of that," he said.

Faghihi said there's not as much energy for this election compared to last election.

"People really have a lot of fear, they have a lot of fear for their future," Faghihi said.

Customers in the restaurant said it's not going to be easy selecting the next president. They said both Romney and Obama lack certain characteristics needed to save the economy. Faghihi said, how people view this election probably depends on how they are doing financially.

"If you're doing better, you're happier, you'll like to see the same administration to get re-elected," he mentioned. "The people that are financially not doing better or job is not doing better, then they'll definitely want to see a change."

Faghihi said more bipartisanship from Congress is essential for the country to move forward. He said no matter which president gets into office, if Congress doesn't cooperate, people will still be fearful.