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Will an “October Surprise” Decide the 2024 Election?

Will an “October Surprise” Decide the 2024 Election?

Will an “October Surprise” Decide the 2024 Election?

The Final Service · World Affairs

October 21, 202452m 59s

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Show Notes

We're entering the final days of the 2024 presidential election, but a lot can change in a few weeks. Historically, several presidential contests have been upended in October. Coined the "October Surprise," for decades candidates have been tested at the finish line... and many have faltered. So what could trip up Harris or Trump? 


Ray Suarez hosts a panel featuring political strategist and pollster Rachel Bitecofer, Jonathan M. Metzl, author of Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland, and Tara Setmayer, co-founder and CEO of the Seneca Project.


Guests:


Rachel Bitecofer, author, political strategist and pollster


Jonathan M. Metzl, author and director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University


Tara Setmayer, co-founder and CEO of the Seneca Project


Host:  


Ray Suarez


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