Does the single day aspect matter anymore?

I feel like the single day aspect isn't relevant to the plot like it used to be. Like, in season 1, the season took place on the day of the California presidential primary. Palmer had places he HAD to be that day, but assassins were after him. Throughout the season there was this sense that if we could just get Palmer through this one day alive, we could finally breathe.

Now it's more like, there's a sense of immediacy because of the terror threat, but there's nothing unique about the day itself. So the show lacks a main element that made it great in the beginning.