>> reporter: at the bar, entrepreneur dave paproki agrees the economy shouldn't be the only metric of success. he is still undecided. >> there are still other issues that need to be solved. and the important thing is that we have someone reaching across the aisle and thinking about how are we actually going get there. >> reporter: from centerville, we head up to columbus. folks in this county have voted for the democratic presidential nominee since 1996. so we've just arrived in columbus, the state's capital and most populous city. it's actually considered america's testy because companies choose columbus to try out their products because of the city's demographic makeup. we catch the happy hour crowd at bakersfield short north. hi, guys. medic isaiah taylor says he hasn't felt the strong economy personally. >> bills getting higher. taxes get raised a little bit more, and that's more money out of my pocket. >> reporter: renee holten, who is still paying off her bachelor and masters degrees still wants a candidate with a plan to tackle debt. >> i make my payments be, the interest rates