Where Did the Term 'October Surprise' Originate?

Analysis: US election 'October surprise' comes early - Al Jazeera

This year's October surprise arrived a month early: the death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the impending political war over filling her ...

The October Surprise is Coming - Elections Daily

Eric Medlin looks back at the history of October Surprises as the final full month of the election begins.

A brief history of October surprises | thv11.com

The 1800 election saw incumbent John Adams go head to head with his vice president, Thomas Jefferson. It was a nasty campaign in which a ...

Is FBI email probe this election's 'October surprise'? - PBS

From the Kennedys getting Martin Luther King, Jr. out of jail to George W. Bush's youthful drunk driving arrest, the term “October surprise” ...

US Election 2024 in Context: "October Surprises" and Election ...

The event will finish with a Q&A session on the 2024 election, and electronic audience voting on predicted results. Join members of the History ...

How a Political 'October Surprise' Is Remembered | Psychology Today

Surprise is an emotion that is physiologically felt similarly across cultures. People remember the unexpected more than the expected. What ...

'I don't see an October surprise on the horizon': East Texas professor ...

UT Tyler Professor of ...

THE MIDTERM ELECTION OF '62: A REAL "OCTOBER SURPRISE"

But few political observers have brought up the election of 1962, whose outcome should serve as a cautionary tale as the 2010 campaign winds ...

The No-Surprise October Surprises in the 2024 Presidential Election

Ugly allegations swirl in the final days of the campaign. Who has not been accused of wrongdoing? VP Harris, who continues to make her case ...

'Unprecedented' 2024 presidential race could get hit with an ...

This combination of photos taken at campaign rallies in Atlanta shows Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, 2024, left, and Republican ...

October surprises that could affect Harris, Trump campaigns

We are just north of a month away from Election Day and the country is watching to see if there are any October surprises that could ...

US election 2024: October surprises from overseas could yet derail ...

Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have calculated that their national and political interests will be much better served with Donald ...

How Much Do 'October Surprises' Move The Polls? | FiveThirtyEight

People are already calling it an “October surprise” — an unexpected moment late in the campaign that could change the trajectory of the ...

Russia's October Surprise? Don't Be Silly - CEPA

Russian mouthpieces produced a defector with promises of earth-shaking testimony to reshape the US election.

Will October Surprise Be Trump-Provoked War With Iran?

The latest election 'surprise' were to take us back to the very origins of the term in the form of some kind of armed conflict that could only end terribly for ...

Tax Returns, Threats Of Hacks: Surprise! It's October | GBH - WGBH

The presidential race is rounding third, but anything can happen on the way home. It's called the "October surprise." The phrase strikes dread ...

Could Puerto Rican voters give Trump an 'October surprise'? - RTE

Many Puerto Rican voters have taken deep offence at disparaging remarks made about their homeland at Trump's New York rally.

October Surprise - Carmichael Hill

Jim Stewart October 7, 2020 The news of President Trump and the First Lady contracting COVID-19 late last week along with members of his ...

Joe Scarborough Says Real 'October Surprise' For Donald Trump ...

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough suggested Thursday that new reporting on GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's alleged praise of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler isn't the ...

12 Days That Stunned a Nation: How Hillary Clinton Lost - NBC News

Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton's campaign held a clear lead in the polls. Republican Donald Trump would ultimately win.