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U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN frequently frames global politics today as a “battle between democracy and autocracy,” often in reference to such varied issues as U.S. competition with China, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and even Israel’s war with Hamas.
But 2024 will see a global battle between democracy and autocracy play out very literally—at the polls. And not just in the United States, which will hold its first presidential election since a deadly right-wing insurrection sought to block Biden from taking office three years ago: Seven of the world’s 10 most populous