My trusted ten are predominately of European descent. One is a mixture of European and African descent. Nine of them are women, while one is male. Seven of them are in occupations other than education which is a nice break from group think. They range in age from 10 years younger to 7 years older. Two of them I met while in school, two I've known since I was a little critter and one is a roommate I had after college. Moving on, one was a neighbor, two I met on the job and the remaining two were parents of my children's friends. Religion is 60% Catholic with the rest diverse. Ethnic affiliations tend to be predominately Irish, Italian and Polish. The remainder have families which have been in the America's longer and are a mixture of many ethnic groups. We all don't vote the same way, but we all love to eat!!!