road, we set off for the swing state of ohio. >> i am a mexican american, i am lgbtq, i am a lesbian, i am a woman. jessica: in dayton >> the number one issue for me is lgbtq rights, especially same sex marriage. jessica: rodriguez spent 24 years in the air force, including two deployments. keeping her personal life a secret under the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, until it was lifted. >> not only can they join the military and feel safe to do it, ceremonies, being able each other coming home from deployment, that is something that me and my partner could not do. so, i don't want to see us go back. >> honestly, we're struggling. jessica: across town, at the dayton food bank, long lines. the need, nearly double what it was this time last year. so, too, are helena adams' grocery bills. >> it used to cost $150 a week to feed all five of us, and now it is $300, $350. it keeps going up. it's ridiculous. jessica: and there's carl schaefer, who has cancer and is on a fixed income. >> in less than two years, it's screwed up so bad, everybody, its affected everybody. jessica: america, it feels at a crossroads. but a