How is the world going to change in 2024?

Summary

64 countries, including Russia, India, the US, Venezuela, and Mexico, will hold elections in 2024, making it a super electoral year with potential impacts for up to 10 years.

Abstract

2024 is predicted to be a super electoral year, with nearly half of the world's population heading to the polls. 64 countries, representing about 2 billion inhabitants, will hold elections to decide presidents, chambers, and laws. Important figures like Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro will seek re-election, while Mexico might have its first female president. The outcomes of these elections will shape the future of nations and potentially cause division or unity in various countries.

Opinions

The author implies that some elections will have a significant impact on millions of people, citing examples of Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regimes.
The author suggests that the US presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump may cause division in the United States.
The author speculates that new or re-elected leaders must seek dialogue with their colleagues and form alliances to pursue the greater good, not just for their countries but for the world.
The author suggests that the quote from Martin Luther King is still relevant today, expressing a shared dream for a better future.
The author encourages civic obligation to vote and engage in the democratic process.

Citizens of the world will be renewing or changing ideas, hopes, and movements.

Among all the things that can be said about the year that has just begun, one of the most important is that 49% of the world’s population will head to the polls to vote. A total of 64 countries have approximately 2 billion inhabitants.

This is why the year 2024 has been dubbed the Super electoral year. Presidents, chambers, and laws will be chosen; even the 27 member countries of the European Union will vote for 705 deputies who make up the legislative body of this organization. Countries like Russia, India, the United States, Venezuela, and Mexico will define new governments. The decisions made in 2024 will have repercussions for up to 10 years in the future of nations and the world in general.

All elections are essential, but some will significantly shape the destinies of millions of people. For example, Vladimir Putin will seek his fifth term; this would give him a continuity of over 12 years in power. Another case is Venezuela, where Nicolás Maduro will seek to stay in power, which he has held for 10 years. These two figures have maintained and will maintain their authoritarian and human rights-repressive governments.

In the case of the United States of America, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will once again face each other. This, apparently, will be a close competition and will likely cause division in the most powerful country in the world.

In the case of Mexico, the stage is set for the country to have its first female president, as the two main contenders are women. On one hand, Claudia Sheinbaum represents the continuity of the actual government, and on the other hand, the opposition, with Xóchitl Gálvez, who represents the coalition formed by the PRI, PAN, and PRD parties.

So, in 2024, the world will change; beliefs will be confirmed, ideas will be strengthened, some ties will be broken, and countries will be divided or united even more. We will experience more conflicts than in other years, simply because not everyone will agree with the results.

These new, or not so new, leaders must seek dialogue with their colleagues and form new relationships, and alliances, and, in theory, pursue the greater good, not only for their countries but for the world in general.

Will we have the best leaders? Will we have better countries? Is it realistic to think that the world will be better? We will have to wait to answer those questions. What should not be questioned is our civic obligation to vote to be able to demand that our politicians fulfill their duty.

Now I can say that even 60 years later, this powerful phrase remains valid:

“I have a dream, a single dream, to keep dreaming. To dream of freedom, to dream of justice, to dream of equality, and hopefully no longer have the need to dream them.” “What is concerning is not the wickedness of the wicked, but the indifference of the good.”

Martin Luther King.

I can say that half of the world's population shares this dream, the dream of a better future.

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