ANALYSIS: What to expect in the sprint to Election Day – and beyond

(CNN) —& Far from the boring rematch that had many Americans tuning out politics, the 2024 presidential election has had wild twists and scary turns. Nobody expected President Joe Biden’s& campaign to implode in less than a month, from the shock of his performance at CNN’s debate in late June to his decision to step aside in the race in late July. Democrats went from literally freaking out about his candidacy to a new excitement about Vice President& Kamala Harris& as his replacement. Nobody expected an& assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, an event that unified Republicans around him and has many in his party showing a sort of divine reverence for his near-death experience. So we don’t know& specifically& what will happen in the& sprint to& Election Day on November 5, or what could come after, when the country’s unique Electoral College process gets going. But we do have some idea of what to expect: August: Nominating Harris, picking a VP and a convention in Chicago Harris& earned enough votes& from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination in a virtual roll call August 2, a day after voting began and weeks before its convention. The early nomination...