The Morning: The unicorn election?

September 16, 2024 US onAir Curator

So What. Chris Cillizza

Consider what has transpired over just the last 90 days:

July 13: Trump is wounded in an assassination attempt
July 15-18: Republicans hold their national convention
July 21: Joe Biden announces he will not seek a 2nd term
August 19-22: Democrats hold their national convention, nominate Kamala Harris
Sept. 10: Trump and Harris debate
Sept. 15: Trump is rushed off his golf course after another assassination attempt

I say all of that to note that it is possible that we are in an election so unique that our past polling and assumptions about where the race is and where it is headed are useless. That the circumstances surrounding this race make it a one of one — a unicorn election.

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