Trump survived another apparent assassination attempt – but it won’t have the same positive effect on his polling

By David Andersen, Associate Professor in US Politics, Durham University

For the second time in two months, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt – raising further concerns about the future of peaceful democracy and a potential return to a more violent era of American politics.

It also pushed one clear political question to the forefront: could the attempt on Trump’s life breathe life into his campaign?

When he was shot at in July at an outdoor rally in Pennsylvania, dramatic…

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