‘October Surprise’: The US election phenomenon that can sway a presidential race
• Sep 30, 2024, 5:46 PM
1 min de lecture
Few American presidential elections have sailed all the way through to Election Day without one – or more – unexpected news events, sometimes turning a race totally on its head. This last-minute phenomenon is known as an “October Surprise” and has changed the course of more than one US election over the past 50 years.
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