October surprise | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-04

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October surprise


00:00:44 1 1964 Goldwater vs. Johnson
00:02:22 2 1968 Humphrey vs. Nixon
00:05:22 3 1972 McGovern vs. Nixon
00:06:48 4 1980 Carter vs. Reagan
00:09:24 5 1992 Bush vs. Clinton
00:10:28 6 2000 Gore vs. Bush
00:11:01 7 2003 California governor recall election
00:12:15 8 2004 Kerry vs. Bush
00:14:06 9 2006 midterm elections
00:16:01 10 2008 McCain vs. Obama
00:16:39 11 2012 Romney vs. Obama
00:17:51 12 2014 midterm elections
00:18:37 13 2016 Clinton vs. Trump
00:20:50 14 2018 Midterms
00:21:57 15 See also



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In American political jargon, an October surprise is a news event deliberately created or timed or sometimes occurring spontaneously to influence the outcome of an election, particularly one for the U.S. presidency. The reference to the month of October is because the date for national elections (as well as many state and local elections) is in early November. Therefore, events that take place in late October have greater potential to influence the decisions of prospective voters.
Since the 1972 presidential election (when it came into use), the term "October surprise" has been used preemptively during the campaign season by partisans of one side to discredit late-campaign news by the other side.