# GA special election

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-special-election/787575>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-special-election/787575 "2017-05-28T02:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-special-election/787575/341 "2017-06-27T13:22:45Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> Free stuff can still be a popular idea, except that few believe it’s free anymore.

I disagree. I think many or most people think it’s free. Of course, many of these same people also think the Democrats are a bunch of tax raisers. But a lot of people don’t put these things together.

I tend to take a dim view of the voting public. But then, the voting public just elected Donald Trump …

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