This week’s episode looks ahead to the year 2023 in politics and elections, discussing the polls to look out for and the themes we might be talking about as the year rolls on. 2023 has numerous big elections in store in Spain, Argentina, Turkey, New Zealand and Nigeria to name just a few. This week, Sam and Chern preview the electoral calendar, picking out some highlights and previewing some stories that are likely to define the political year region by region. Will 2023 be a year of change as multiple incumbents look vulnerable heading into this cycle? What will be the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War in the neighbouring states of Estonia, Finland and Poland that all have elections this year? And will results in Turkey and Nigeria be as geopolitically significant as initially billed? All these questions and more answered in this week’s episode.
