Anything but typical: America’s 2024 presidential election 

Those with any interest in American elections should pay particular attention to our 2024 presidential election. It is shaping up to be different than 70% of post-WWII elections in our two-party democratic system. Our elections usually present a choice between the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party and the nominee of the Republican Party. Others who are sort of self-nominated "third-party" candidates are usually insignificant, but now always. 

This year we may again see a "third-party" paradox of profound consequence - a person who spent his life working against an opposition party may, as a "third-party" candidate, become the deciding factor that puts that opposing party in the White House. It has happened to both parties. 

The most striking example of this occurred in 2000 when Vice President Al Gore was the democratic nominee. He would have become...