College affordability looms large on the campaign trail this presidential election, as candidates in both parties try to appeal to young voters and their parents, who are increasingly frustrated with runaway tuition prices. Bernie Sanders has attracted the most attention on this topic because he has been consistent on one promise throughout his campaign: to make college free. The simplicity and universality of his message is reminiscent of a promise of free college from another politician more than two decades ago: Zell Miller. Miller was running for governor of Georgia in 1990, and he was worried that the best and brightest students were leaving the state for college and never coming back.
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