What Long-Shot Candidates Know
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Several long-shot Republican candidates have quit the presidential race in recent weeks. Why did they hang on for this long—and why are they dropping out now?
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
- The Ozempic plateau
- A slightly hotter world could still be a better one.
- Don’t talk to people like they’re chatbots.
Peppered With Upsets
The start of the year marked the end of several 2024 presidential campaigns. First Chris Christie called it . Then Vivek Ramaswamy . And after garnering zero too. These men never had a good shot at winning, so I wasn’t shocked to see them quit over the past week. More surprising was how long they’d stuck around. Why had they launched and maintained these long-shot campaigns?
