The polls for Virginia governor have me concerned

[helpisontheway]

https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/virginia-politics/virginias-race-for-governor-is-neck-and-neck-new-poll-shows-ahead-of-first-debate/

The voters know Terry M. was a good governor. Yet, he is barely ahead of this nut. I heard one of Youngkin’s commercials today and he said he wants to eliminate taxes for groceries to help working class families. I hope democrats in Virginia see what the other red state governor’s are doing and get out there and vote. There are a lot of people that are very pissed about the changes Northam has made. I agree with his changes. In the back of my mind I wonder if it was too much to fast for a state that was red/purplish not long ago. Fingers crossed that Northern VA will have a huge turnout. Oh and there is a debate tonight. Hope Youngkin has a bad night..

[LexVegas]

1. Virginia is a solidly blue state with respect to statewide office. nt

[wryter2000]

2. Do they pay taxes on groceries?

[link:https://events.democrats.org/event/414463/?referring_vol=3457347&rname=Alice&timeslot=2940616&share_medium=email_link&share_context=email_1|

A zoom call with McAuliffe for this coming Monday at 5:00 Pacific. Information on how to make calls for the Dem party.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Yes, we do. It varies, depending on what kind of groceries you're buying.

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"Food" food is taxed at 2.5%

Beer is taxed at 6.0%

In some cities and counties, prepared food is taxed at 10%.

A rotisserie chicken bought at the grocery store in Alexandria or Arlington is taxed at 10%. Buy it in Fairfax County, and there's no prepared food tax. It's taxed like other groceries.

I'm working from memory, so I could have some percentages wrong.

[wryter2000]

9. I had no idea

We don't pay any taxes on groceries. We do on beer, of course, and things like bandaids and freezer bags, but meat, veggies, milk, etc. aren't taxed. I thought everyone was that way.

We had a "snack tax" for a while on things like potato chips, but it was so unworkable, it was dropped. For example, how would you classify a granola bar? It's so much like a cookie.

[lagomorph777]

7. Yes.

[hlthe2b]

3. White rural men are the problem. We need to get women, especially urban and suburban, & POC

to the polls. Can we do it?

[DBoon]

4. You can sign up to help the campaign

I did texting for Newsom and postcards are easy too. Both can be done at you convenience when you have some spare time.

Activate America handles postcards for many campaigns.

[SCantiGOP]

5. Why oppose not taxing groceries?

SC Democrats led on that issue and got it passed about 5 years ago. Several studies have shown that it was one of the most progressive tax code changes in the last 25 years in South Carolina.

[spooky3]

8. youngkin has not stated how he intends to make up

For the loss of revenue.

He’s a Trumper, so it’s unlikely he has any plans.

See the WaPo’s endorsement of McAuliffe, today.

[wryter2000]

10. I have to agree

Running on keeping a tax on food is a losing proposition, and insisting on keeping the tax to avoid a deficit makes you sound like the worst sort of Republican.