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I lost count a long time ago of the number of times I've said this election is unlike any that I have covered.

This is presidential election number 10 for me and it just keeps getting less and less like anything that's come before it.

I'm John King, and this is all over the map.

And we're back in your podcast feed following and listening to the voices of voters across the country.

Because in case you haven't noticed, a lot has happened in the two months since we were last on the mic an assassination attempt a candidate swap two conventions and one

really big and really important vibe shift at the moment we're recording this this is as close a

presidential race as it can get.

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