District 34, or Sandys South Central, is another close-knit Sandys communities. But it differs from some of the other areas because of a high percentage of homeowners and a fair number of senior citizens in what one candidate called a "conservative" district.

With about 1,135 voters the district encompasses Cavello Bay, Sound View Road and Scott's Hill.

This neighbourhood is quite distinctive - Boundaries Commission deliberations and computer assisted surgery landed it the parish church and a primary school and many of its residents are related.

It is home to a slew of retired civil servants, expatriates and old Bermuda families, black and white.

Residents there tend to be more interested in national issues than parochial concerns. They run the gamut in terms of political savviness, however.

Evelyn Whitecross, a Church Hill Road resident is hoping things get a lot better in Bermuda.

"Bermuda is all messed up to me. There's too much noise going on. A lot of things going on but nobody says nothing."

A senior citizen, Ms Whitecross has two adult children, rents her home and doesn't sound like she's persuaded that the political process can actually change things for the better.

"You get a lot of noise from traffic, people playing their radios too loud. But what can we do?"

Nor does she care too much about the current crop of political candidates that have suddenly popped up in her neighbourhood.

Deputy Speaker of the House Walter Lister should be squaring off against the Opposition's Ed Bailey for the July 24 poll.

"When they came in they didn't have much to say to me because I told them I was busy with my housework," Ms Whitecross continued. "You hear so many bad things you don't know where to turn. I just hope and pray things get better."

Peter Hardy, a former Financial Secretary, has lived in the district for more than 20 years. He is worried about Bermuda's dependence on international business and the decline in tourism.

"I guess I'm concerned about the imbalance right now," he said."I'm concerned about the ageing population and how people are going to be dealt with in terms of pensions."

Census data shows that a high percentage of the labour force, which supports seniors pensions, is non-Bermudian, he said, and Bermuda needs to recognise that.

As for any contact he may have had with the area's representatives, Mr. Hardy says he hasn't seen any of them for the life of the PLP's first term in office.

"Mr. Bailey is certainly the first in ages to come and visit me. Prior to that it was Colin Pearman."