Monday, December 23, 2013

Ten Elections To Watch In 2014

Voters line up outside a polling booth during the state assembly election last week in New Delhi, India. (Ahmad Masood/Courtesy Reuters)

Ten Elections To Watch In 2014 -- James M. Lindsay, Council On Foreign Relations

Two thousand and thirteen won’t go down in the history books as a banner year for globally significant elections. True, the election of Hassan Rouhani changed the tone in Tehran and possibly opened the door to a lasting diplomatic solution to the confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program. But the outcome of most of the elections held in 2013—and there were a lot of them—mattered primarily to the people who cast the ballots. In contrast, 2014 is shaping up as a year in which the choices voters make could reverberate well beyond their country’s borders. So for those of you eager to peer ahead, here are ten elections to watch for in 2014.

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My Comment: Afghanistan’s presidential election on Saturday, April 5 and the U.S. congressional elections on Tuesday, November 4 .... these are the two elections that I am going to watch.

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