A few weeks back there was a lot of talk about how the DNC and the Clinton campaign were still campaigning like it's 1999. This is a common human tendency, and it reminded me of a branch of mathematics called "catastrophe theory." I was hoping that I would get some further insight into how the math might apply to the election, but nothing has come up, so I'm just going to describe the mathematics and see if anyone has a good idea how to apply it.