Four surprises that could upend the 2024 US election – By BBC News Staff (BBC News) / Nov 4, 2023
A year out, and all the indications are that the 2024 election will be a re-run of 2020 but with the roles reversed – Donald Trump taking on the president, Joe Biden.
There’s a widespread sense of frustration that voters have the same choice to make, and everything seems set in a familiar pattern. Even the polls seem to indicate a race that’s neck-and-neck.
But as any historian will tell you, anything can happen in a year to upend the race. In 1979, a hostage crisis arguably cost President Jimmy Carter re-election. And in 2020 a pandemic reshaped the country.
Here’s a look at four surprises that could change the course of this election.
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