On this episode, we take a research focused look at the famed “October Surprise.” It’s a notion that says, if you want to hurt a candidate with a bombshell you’ve discovered, you should wait until just before the election to release the accusations. But why should candidates wait?

A paper by Gabriele Gratton, a professor at The University of New South Wales in Australia, gives counter intuitive insights. We discuss how this research could change the way we view “October surprises” and the 20

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