How will elections shape the world in 2024?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In 2024 countries with more than 4 billion people will be sending their citizens to the polls. The US, Russia, and India to name a few; this is set to be the biggest election year in history.
In this episode of the podcast Anoosh Chakelian is joined by the New Stateman's foreign correspondent Bruno Maçães and senior data journalist Ben Walker to review some of the major political forces at play around the globe in 2024.
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| 1:01.0 | Today we're going to be looking at some of the biggest elections taking place around the world in 2024 and their implications for democracy. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello, I'm Anusha Kellyan, Britain editor at the New Statesman and host of this |
| 1:17.1 | podcast and joining me down the line I have New Statesman foreign correspondent Bruno |
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