Apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump shakes up the campaign, once again

The apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Sunday adds yet another unexpected twist to the U.S. presidential campaign with the most shocks in recent history. Political scientists often talk about the “October surprise,” meaning an unexpected event or revelation that emerges shortly before the November election and can change the course of the campaign. This year, however, there have been surprises in June, July, August and September, many of them momentous enough to go down in the annals of history. The latest incident at Donald Trump’s golf club in Florida, which the authorities are treating as an assassination attempt, has once again shaken up a campaign in which the polls indicate a technical tie between the Republican candidate and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris. The Republicans, who mostly reacted with a message of unity after the first assassination attempt, have now rushed to blame the Democrats.

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