We have all been there before. Before a big momentous event, we think of what we’ll do, what we’ll say, we have it rehearsed to the last detail, but once there—Well, once there, it’s not quite the same. Somehow, our little rehearsals had missed out on the atmosphere, the sense of responsibility, the people around us who make things quite different from what we had imagined alone. Sometimes, that big momentous event is an election, and every one of us who ends up making up (or changing) our minds in the final days of the campaign could be responsible for the results being subtly—and sometimes not so subtly—different from what polls suggest. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Despite what pundits say, the 2024 U.S.