The people to watch in 2024 ahead of America’s election
Some are well known, some are not
By James Bennet
Time was when American politics served up electrifying or at least surprising nominees to be president: Barack Obama, barely three years out of the Illinois state legislature, storming past Hillary Clinton; John McCain overcoming the scorn of conservatives; Donald Trump doing that thing he did in 2016; and even, lest you forget, Joe Biden, once counted out because of his age and past centrism, clearing the field in 2020.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2024 under the headline “The people to watch in 2024”
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