Three Meals: What voters in Virginia really care about as election day approaches

As Election Day nears, CBS News revisits its "Three Meals" series, taking to the road to cut through the noise and speak with Virginia voters over three meals. Despite Virginia's recent Democratic lean in presidential elections, Republican Glenn Youngkin's 2022 gubernatorial win has the GOP hopeful for a Trump victory.
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[@cornishpasty4344]

Yeah, lol no. Virginia is not voting for Trump.

[@Chalky.]

It's hilarious to think anyone from the GOP would care enough about ensuring people can afford something as important and simple as three square meals a day.

[@Mr.JoeBangles]

It's hilarious to think people could claim with a straight face that Americans have been better off under Biden/Harris than they were under Trump.

[@primrosed2338]

Especially since they have stalled the Farm Bill because they don't like the climate provisions. They also want to cut WIC and lunch program funding.

[@tekkieman]

Yet all the celebrities, big tech and career politicians on the left really give a crap about the “common man”.

[@NickFord-kh5cs]

Really? So there are no food programs in Republican led states? Get a fact check.

[@Anden1]

My support for the blue is due to my desire for tax reductions for children, infants, middle-class, and low-income workers. I advocate for government action to prevent major corporations from overcharging. I stand for social security to ensure no one is neglected. I champion affordable healthcare, Medicare, and medication. The responsible use of my tax contributions brings me joy, and I believe the wealthy should contribute their fair share.💙💙🌊.

[@GKP999]

I would vote for the GOP if they really cared about the average citizen.

[@Mr.JoeBangles]

You think the Dems care more about the average citizen? They show this how? By allowing millions of illegals into the country?

[@Susan-zk5kc]

That is exactly what the GOP cares about!

[@GKP999]

@Susan-zk5kc If that were the case, why did they lower the tax for the rich. The rich are not average people. How wealthy are you?

[@Susan-zk5kc]

@@GKP999 I know that I was better off financially under President Trump than I am now. I am just an average citizen and we pay more for gas, food and utilities now. Do you not use gas or utilities or eat? You haven’t noticed? You must live in mom and dad’s basement

[@GKP999]

@@Susan-zk5kc Could you be more presumptuous and rude? Your attitude reflects your choice of your candidate.

[@PhilHaddad]

Great series… it’s nice to hear from everyday people and not political talking heads on what really is driving this election. It’s interesting to see that at least with this group, it’s still kitchen table politics.

[@leemartinez2975]

It appears that voters that are concerned about division lean liberal and those that are not concerned about division or want conflict lean conservative.

[@sj1379]

No one wants to work together! 😢

[@GoodShepherdBandFan]

Well done. I know it would have been hard logistically, but it would have been interesting to get some perspective from the south-east part of the country. I feel like that area and the burbs will decide VA.

[@Rebel_AF]

Amen. Terrific series ❤

[@jackblack8412]

This guy is a hack fraud compared to Major Garret

[@Bobbob1951-b7x]

This is not real Virginia come to south west Virginia

[@patriciagurwitz509]

Trump🥴🧻

[@NickFord-kh5cs]

LOL. At 5:30 the waitress says she is excited to vote for Kamala Harris because she looks like her. !!?? What? Kamala is more Indian than black. I hate to tell this young lady that her skin color is in no way represented by Harris. By the saddest thing is voting for someone based on skin and not their policies.

[@elizabethb4332]

Kamala will make these believe she cares about them when it is the current administration (of which she is the Vice President) who has made people struggle on a daily basis. And all of a sudden, because Kamala is "black" she is going to save us all. Young people vote based on gender and skin color and little else. That is why there is division. Democrats are the party of identity politics and nothing else.

[@futureglobal7258]

you think she looks like Trump?

[@NickFord-kh5cs]

@@futureglobal7258 I think she looks like herself.

[@elizabethb4332]

The waitress who is going to vote for Kamala because she looks like her? Yeah, that's a reason to vote for someone.

[@Susan-zk5kc]

That’s the only kind of reason people can come up with. She has no policies and acts like she has nothing to do with today’s economy.

[@elizabethb4332]

@@Susan-zk5kc Exactly

[@mrp1221]

It means there's never been a black woman president, not that Kamala literally looks like her. Plus, she talked about how she is voting for the first time to protect reproductive rights.

[@TonSqaud]

You all do it all the time, except you all say they don’t look like me.

[@TonSqaud]

@@Susan-zk5kc You all do it all the time!

[@Temporal_Assassin]

Bet you never came to Alaska for a meal.

[@Chuck-js8dy]

Veterans for t.r.u.m.p

[@Susan-zk5kc]

Trump 2024 ❤

[@lucyanderson1743]

I'M A PROUD VIRGINIAN THAT'S VOTING FOR HARRIS

[@Susan-zk5kc]

@@lucyanderson1743 why?