American elections had become deadening in their predictability — not anymore
The writer is Chair of Public Humanities at the University of London and the author of ‘The Wrath to Come’ The volatility of the 2024 US election season comes as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention. With the Trumpist Republican party gleefully ripping up rule books and stoking rage as a campaign strategy, the only certainty this year was high-octane uncertainty, and so it has proved.
Democrats need a candidate who appeals to independent and red-state voters, meaning Governor Gavin Newsom is unlikely to join fellow Californian Harris on the ticket. Josh Shapiro could energise battleground Pennsylvania. Or there’s Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former astronaut married to Gabrielle Giffords, critically wounded in an assassination attempt in 2011. The first Black woman plus a former astronaut could go a long way.
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