2024 is an election year for more than 0 Countries - about half the worlds population. While the US, Venezuela and Sudan are gearing up for election, India, Russia , UK, South Africa and Mexico are some of the nations that have already held them. The votes come in the wake of growing economic and geopolitical strikes, the Ukrane War, conflicts in the Middle East and rising trade tensions between the US and China, the world's two largest econoics.