13 Elections to Watch in 2025

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While not as many as last year, 2025 will still be defined by a series of high profile elections that will likely have major regional & global impacts. So in this video, we run you through some of the key elections from around the world to keep an eye on.
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Ecuador:
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Romania:
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Australia:
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Philippines:
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Bolivia:
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Czechia:
results.electi...
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Norway:
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Venezuela:
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Chile:
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US:
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[@booktubesucks]

"Trudeau said he would run for a fourth term as leader of the liberal party." That aged like milk in only 5 hours.

[@chrisalex82]

milk aging speedrun

[@BoeingOfficial]

Bro copied joe Biden

[@bsit_1caxisvillena683]

He resigned

[@junovzla]

​@@BoeingOfficial true lmao

[@dcttd8022]

@@BoeingOfficial Except you are wrong, Joe Biden DIDN'T resign because he has 0 dignity.

[@kierandenny3433]

The fact that this was released hours before Trudeau's resignation is crazy

[@louismwobobia5773]

He jumped before he was pushed.

[@SaulAguilar.]

God had plans ready ✝️

[@teodorwojda1218]

It’s very cool when the thumbnail says “every election in 2025” and then in fact is not every election in 2025

[@conormurphy4328]

My friend has never heard of clickbait

[@GabRap]

Changed to "13 elections to watch in 2025"

[@TheZmzmzxzx]

The thumbnail also shows Russia (which is why i clicked the video from the beginning)

[@theynotcatchingamongus]

Also showed Honduras which the current government isn’t friendly towards the U.S.

[@AmericaIsACountry]

​@@theynotcatchingamongus what does that have to do with anything?

[@GasparB123]

Kinda weird you guys skipped Argentina. We have legislative elections in October 2025. Pretty important for Millei and La Libertad Avanza. They are not risking many seats and most likely will win a good chunk of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, allowing him to make deeper reforms to the government and the country, or at least give the party a better chance at negociating those reforms with the opposition.

[@zachweyrauch2988]

Hey there, you mind talking about some of your experiences under the milei government? From the outside, it's very difficult to get hard facts. Your nation is kind of a political football up here, and representing Argentina has been more common than just hearing news.

[@AmirSatt]

Millei's reforms finally stabilized argentine economy, of course it can't become Germany and Japan overnight, but objectively free market rule is the only way to go forward

[@Dragonfire511]

Viva La Libertad Carajo! 💪🇦🇷❤️🔥.

[@tmv534]

@@zachweyrauch2988 poverty went down from 52% in January to 37% in december

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@AmirSattglaze

[@garbage2882]

So you're telling me that some random elections in the US is more important than polish presidential elections? Weird, but ok.

[@coconut7490]

😂TLDR is a Anglophone news channel so of course, the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand consist of 70% of their viewers

[@mr.x817]

@@coconut7490haha us Africans didn’t make it to the video. Then again who cares coups & dictators run our continent.

[@swpopculture]

poland dont have nukes

[@Mrcoffe-xw8gz]

Or Australia, where the election won't really change much, while the Polish one is very important to the stability of the coalition in Power, and internal power struggles of the main opposition parties. With even talks of disolving the sejm after the election and running a second general election.

[@raciawelli]

this is a good point, but the president in Poland does not have enough power to make the elections for this position important. Whether the current parliamentary government will have a conflict with the president or not does not really change the political direction in the country.

[@devpratapsingh5000]

Bring back the old intro. New one is too long.

[@S_P_A_C_E_DD]

It feels so much slower even if its similar

[@Shapershift]

Or make the new one shorter.

[@youshouldntknowmyname706]

it's a whole movie and the cuts in the middle of it don't make any sense

[@nothamz_l]

you know you can just skip it yourself.

[@-Matyuk]

Say that again?

[@knightmare5906]

The new intro is...Interesting.

[@alexandernico8930]

It’s more soft and slowed down in transition ig

[@veteran_dino]

I like it, something for a change

[@roo_stonks]

I like it overall, maybe speed the animation up a bit cut it by like 20-30% in length

[@MustraOrdo]

It's a little... Too Long

[@petermahfouz6547]

​@@MustraOrdoIt doesn't even finish the animation, it should be sped up significantly

[@benedyktziokowski5745]

Presidential elections in Poland and Poland takes power in the European Union

[@trojmiasto25]

poland doesnt take any power in the EU. its the 3rd weakest economy in the whole EU per capita. you mean, poland takes the presidency role for the next 6 month since its rotating between all member states every 6 month.

[@Mr.DalekLK]

@@trojmiasto25 The name of the country and the beginning of the sentence are written with a capital letter. Poland is one of the most important and fastest growing countries in the EU. It has good relations with the USA and China, a stronger army than France and Germany and a better economy in terms of resistance to crises and better living conditions. Additionally, the level of crime is low and there are no radical Islamists.

[@fucky889]

@@Mr.DalekLKit doesn’t have a strong army than France no matter what you think. The French army is battle tested while the polish hasn’t seen combat in over half a century. Great numbers doesn’t mean great strength.

[@aradanat231]

@@Mr.DalekLK ultra-patriot showed up. I bet if you showed Polish flag in China they would ask „why did you flip Indonesian flag”. There are no relations between Poland and China. If Poland really has stronger army than France, that's bad - it means too much money is wasted on arnaments when it could be invested in people, innovation or economy - especially since PL has one of the most underfunded healthcare systems in EU (~6% of GDP compared to ~12% in case of France). Just wait until you got ill, then you'll see in what beautiful country we live in.

[@tuongtang8974]

I hope the anti Russia right wing won

[@rowandaly2826]

Felt like Australia was brushed over a bit... didn't even mention the impact of third party candidates which have a rising influence on policy and voting patterns

[@thepatriarchy819]

Hopefully you guys can find something like a reform uk, maybe a reform au. God bless!

[@etienneleroi9515]

@thepatriarchy819 Oh no

[@EpicMRPancake]

It was literally taped over in the thumbnail lmao

[@thepatriarchy819]

@@etienneleroi9515 Il Fascismo è l'unica via!

[@BurningMad]

​@@thepatriarchy819no thanks, we don't like xenophobic weirdos.

[@ECH_Kurbee]

Inaccurate thumbnail map. Love the content, just trying to help your goal to accuracy.

[@catmoon95]

Genuinely and with no ill intentions. Can you be more specific please?

[@coconut7490]

​@@catmoon95The map has Poland colored but the video doesn't give af about them

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

​@@coconut7490The thumbnail shows Ru of all things, but there's nothing about them. That's literally the biggest country in the world that they colored wrong. I'm rather doubtful that this was a genuine mistake. Feels more like clickbait to me.

[@WinstonSmith-ro]

I doubt they even care about accuracy at this point.

[@coconut7490]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn 😭Russian elections in big 2025... The whole thumbnail is just clickbait

[@PizzaLad01]

Some points worth noting. I feel like you brushed rather quickly over Australia. The next Australian Federal Election has to be held at the latest in May; It could have been called at any point from November. It is worth taking into account: The Greens Party and the Teal Independents as it's likely they'll be king makers in the election. Energy Generation is a key election issue in Aus at the moment. Not sure if you only focused on the $275 reduction for time constraints but there are more things then just that regarding policies and promises that are under a microscope and interest rates; cant forget that.

[@confusedkoalaa]

2:10 the AfD already was the main opposition party from 2017 to 2021

[@fusssel7178]

and could still be after this election, even if the SPD gets second place. If we get a CDU/CSU/SPD coalition, AfD would be opposition leader.

[@masikorski6411]

@@fusssel7178 Having Grossekoaliton again is easiest way to make people vote AfD into power. I think CDU/CSU would rather try to work out a coalition with Greens and FDP before this

[@Youcanatme]

@@TMG_Indihe said 2017-2021 not starting in 2021 as in 2017-2021 the cdu/csu ruled with spd

[@TMG_Indi]

@Youcanatme sry, you are right. My bad.

[@Youcanatme]

@@TMG_Indi all good have a nice week 😀

[@harrincourt95]

A few more notes on the Romanian elections: It is questionable whether Lasconi would've won the second round. In fact, some recent polls suggest the opposite. Romania is a very religious and conservative country, and Georgescu, as extreme as he is, is still sympathetic to Romanians. Also, the rerun will have very different candidates. We don't know whether Georgescu will be allowed to run, since he declared 0 campaign funds, even though there have been millions of Euros spent on promoting him on Tiktok. There is a chance that he will be blocked from running, same as another far right candidate, Diana Sosoaca had her campaign suspended by the Romanian Constitutional Court prior to the November election. Finally, there are new pro-EU candidates that could actually threaten Lasconi, such as Nicusor Dan, who is the founder of USR (Lasconi's current party) and the mayor of Bucharest, as well as Crin Antonescu, who is supported by the largest parties in Romania (EDIT: CRIN ANTONESCU RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HIS WITHDRAWAL). Again, the whole thing is a shitshow, so by the time the elections arrive, possibly in March or April, everything I wrote here could very well be out of date. I just felt like it needed a bit more context.

[@punishedpinecone4772]

The elections were cancelled because Georgescu won the first round and those in power didn't want him to. There is no democracy.

[@JOKERATM]

Hope they let people vote this time

[@cgt3704]

Antonescu has actually announced his suspension for the elction and i think he will fully withdraw And the election dates have already been settled. The first round will be on 23rd of March and the pissible second round on 6th of april

[@hexf3248]

As a Romanian, it is mental that someone that describes himself a nationalist in this country has the audacity to speak highly of Russia 🤣🤣🤣 It looks like we have very short memories, how else would you explain people voting for this guy despite the fact that the Russians took a slice of our country (Moldova), russified it, and deported native Romanians to Siberia? (Not to mention the 40 years of North Korean tier communist regime) These clowns claim to be the continuation of the fascist movement from WW2, when in reality, the leaders of those movements would roll in their graves by seeing the kremlin-sponsored clownfest it has become.

[@grassbeaks]

Hate how this isnt first time a conservative anti eu is just removed from voting while the replacement is more pro eu candidates even if majority of romanians dont want it. Very interesting to see eu is this democratic haven yet they keep interfering. Also the staged slovak protests its so ironic

[@wadafik]

As a Malaysian, I looked at the thumbnail and was like, "We have an election this year?" Lol

[@Foosh09]

Maybe Sabah State elections (PRN)

[@wadafik]

​@@Foosh09 Oh you're right, thanks

[@kuanyi99]

Me too. Or maybe they mean Singapore election?

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

​@@kuanyi99Singapore is tiny though

[@HarisCountrys]

Sabah. But not the whole country.

[@Totalynormalper]

Bro forgot the singaporean general election in 2025

[@ashikrasool6609]

results were published last election :) tldr's prob not gonna cover it cos they see it as less divisive, i guess

[@aradanat231]

But are they really something to watch? I thought we already know who's going to win.

[@humblebee5597]

Singapore is not a democracy, its election isn't that important.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

It wasn't highlighted on the thumbnail though

[@AduckButSpain]

Singapore is not a democracy. We all know it's "elections" results for NOV 2025.

[@Kris_96]

I can't believe there was 0 mention of Bulgaria in the magazine tbh, the amount of elections, it kinda deserved it's own segment.

[@-landon931]

I disagree

[@S_P_A_C_E_DD]

I love how boring our politics is here in Australia. Really hoping it stays that way.

[@YetAnotherUsername-JP]

I love how our politics in Japan is finally not being so boring. Maybe LDP screwing up multiple times is required to get something to change properly, because apparently LDP won't do shit unless their seat as a ruling party is endangered. Either Ishiba "pulls it off" or "f**ks it all up" and ruins everything. However, seeing Trump's victory and the fact that LDP still doesn't seem to care about the citizens' lives 2025 is going to result in LDP losing an another election with a chunk of seats lost... again.

[@Cm2.00]

I don't think they're really that boring at all. Just under discussed. Especially considering their could be a possible change in the ruling party this year.

[@AmirSatt]

You should worry about Emu and kangaroo separatism 😂

[@franug]

As a Chilean, I really do hope you guys keep being boring, lol. A popular phrase here is "Make Chile boring again"...nothing noteworthy used to happen here. We miss that😂

[@pearsareawful9006]

Australia has a political apathy problem. A lot of people don’t care about the systems of governance which can have massive impacts on their livelihood. If Australia didn’t have compulsory voting, a majority of the country likely wouldn’t be aware of any major elections occurring. Or care enough to vote at all. I wouldn’t be surprised if we had one of the lowest voting turnouts in the west.

[@philip1089]

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, has just announced his resignation. He will continue to serve as Prime Minister until his replacement is found, which is expected to happen in March. Given Pierre Poilievre's popularity among Canadians, it's likely that he will secure a majority in the upcoming election, which I anticipate will occur as scheduled and not earlier. I don't believe the NDP will push for an earlier election, but that's just my opinion.

[@yotk1406]

0:12 [Jordan, Syria, Iran, Algeria, Mauritania, Chad] “elections”

[@Sib1204]

Egypt 😂😂😂

[@botjjj7042]

In Germany the more interesting thing is not the outcome of the election (cdu will probably win in a landslide) but with whom the cdu will form a coalition with. The greens or the spd.

[@daniel_rossy_explica]

You missed Argentina's legislative election due in October.

[@ivinnium]

Literal xd

[@EricZucchini]

the new intro could be a little more sped up since some of us are gonna see it tens of times a week haha

[@Francis_James_Jupiter]

Canada is gonna be interesting 🇨🇦🇨🇦👀

[@Cassandra03]

Very real chance Trudeau is gone before even the end of the week

[@LudwigVanBeethoven17]

If President Trump doesn't invade Canada it's not gonna be much of a surprise 😅

[@braziliantsar]

Eh I don't really think so. Canadian tories are essentially left wing besides economical issues.

[@zachweyrauch2988]

I dunno man. I been canadian since being born in 1990 and our politics has always been a boring group of well connected buddies protecting eachothes power and money. We don't really do things with our government it's just sorta there to agree with the US.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

caca

[@rexnewman3859]

I’m in Australia and damn Dutton is going to win massively. I follow him and Albanese on instagram and Dutton is always posting about the countries issues and talking about what can be done and making plans to start building nuclear power plants and albanese is posting like normal stuff, interviews and speeches but nowhere near enough substance. Dutton was hated 3 years ago but now he’s got a great chance of winning.

[@filneqstar-craft15]

Nothing about presidential elections in Poland? Disappointing... Anyway, for that who are interested, at now we have six official candidates: a) Rafał Trzaskowski - mayor of Warsaw and deputy chairman of liberal-conservative Civic Platform party, b) Karol Nawrocki - president of Institute of National Rememberance, nonpartisan candidate supported by national-conservative Law and Justice party, c) Szymon Hołownia - speaker of Sejm (our lower house), one of the leaders of Christian democratic Third Way coalition, d) Sławomir Mentzen - MP and one of the leaders of far-right national-liberal Confederation party, e) Magdalena Biejat - deputy speaker of Senate, nonpartisan candidate supported by social democratic The Left coalition and also the 4th woman who will run for president in our history, f) Marek Jakubiak - MP and the leader of small national-conservative party called Federation for the Republic. By now the most popular candidates are Trzaskowski and Nawrocki. The elections will be held on May and on January 8th, we will know the exact date.

[@Vielenberg]

January 15th.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghasvdghvsjh]

po liberal-conservative? even tusk himself considers himself a socialdemocrat(he said that in an interview a few yrs ago) and trzaskowski is very far left, so far left that he would actually be considered a leftist in the west which has moved extremely to the left

[@Vielenberg]

​@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghasvdghvsjh Tusk said in 2013 that he "feels a bit socialdemocratic". When asked to elaborate he talked about parents of handicapped children that cannot work and need the state's help. He said that's it has nothing to do with ideology but only with "ordinary human duty". This statement of Tusk was shocking for everybody as he was previously seen as promoting laissez-faire economics, limited government, tax cuts and so on. Trzaskowski is by all means in the Center of the political spectrum. He's economic policies are business-oriented. He supports tax cuts for the middle-class. He is sometimes perceived as 'left-leaning' because he supports gay-rights and legalising civil partnerships for LGBT people. As well as partially legalising abortion in some cases. In Western Europe that wouldn't even be considered an issue.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Federation for the republic? That doesn’t make sense. You sure you translated that right? Maybe it’s something that can’t be translated

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghasvdghvsjh]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 that party is called federacja dla rzeczpospolitej and rzeczpospolita translates to republic but its actually how poland is officially called(rzeczpospolita polska) so that word basically refers to the polish state

[@SoCal_Absol]

Welp, Trudeau just resigned and says he'll step down as both PM and Party Leader as soon as a replacement for the leader of the Liberal Party has been selected.

[@Czarek23PL]

Presidential election in Poland

[@vtwarsaw]

So you mentioned Czechia but ignored presidential election in Poland which is the 5th economy in the EU? Really fella? 🫣

[@janmrvka1014]

Well maybe it's because your president in not the executive leader. Donald Tusk's government will stay in power no matter what. In the Czech Republic there will be a whole new government

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

It's like the Cupid Shuffle, except we're only going "to the right, to the right, to the right, to the right."

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

Every incumbent party lost.

[@JOKERATM]

When you start calling everything far right and then act surprised that the "far right" wins

[@generalameenbo1763]

How do you that search thing

[@thematthew761]

South Korea (if it happens) and Poland will likely to be the few bright spots for liberals

[@Marylandbrony]

It's only a matter of time until someone seriously considers running on the Burdgudian system from TNO as a platform.

[@Adriaticus]

All in on nothing ever happens.

[@viktorhautala404]

They should really consult the graph

[@norude]

That's because liberals are boring. Fascists are fiery and interesting, but not exactly good My solution is left-wing populism

[@dvmrtns]

"There are decades where nothing happens and weeks where nothing happens" - V.I. Lenin

[@fleecejohnsonn]

you might have to eat those words in the next 2 weeks.

[@SaulBadman-wb5kt]

Chances of happening: 90%- Nothing happens 9%- Nothing Happens 0.9%- Nothing happens 0.1%- Something hap- Oh wait, Just kidding, Nothing will happen

[@AlMiGa]

You guys forgot to mention Jamaica. General elections are constitutionally due in 2025

[@AdanSolas]

And that will impact the world how…?

[@AlMiGa]

@AdanSolas it's sad that people don't understand subtle humor anymore

[@AdanSolas]

@@AlMiGa On this channel, you never know. Better to err on the side of caution.

[@mark-slavaukraine5522]

May I offer some critique on the intro please Instead of ending the beats with TLDI, maybe perhaps one more beat on the backhround of politics with it completing "TLDR" and then the transition beat you have which would change the sign onto the black background?

[@realsielay]

What about Poland. It will be a quite critical election to situation around Ukraine and Poland relations with EU.

[@Red-Check-Mark]

Who's who in the election there?

[@MyPrideFlag]

​@@Red-Check-Mark Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw is the candidate of the KO, the biggest party in the ruling coalition run by PM Donald Tusk. He ran in 2020 and lost by a narrow margin with president Duda. He is a progressive-liberal (more than Tusk himself), pro-EU, pro-Ukraine. He supports same sex-marriages and abortion. Their economic policy is all over the place and difficult to label. His victory will give Tusk full power and ability to actually introduce some reforms. He's currently ahead in polls. Karol Nawrocki the head of National Rememberance Institution is the candidate of Law and Justice (PiS), former goverment (2015-2023) and the biggest opposition party in Poland. The same party as the current president Andrzej Duda. They're conservative, euro-sceptic, anti-illegal immigration (but issued hundreds of thousands of visas), pro-Ukraine. They have close relation with president Trump. PiS is economically left wing with emphasis on social justice and big projects like central airhub. He will likely face off Rafał Trzaskowski in the second round of the election. His victory would be a big blow for Tusk's goverment and would make life difficult for the current govt. Sławomir Mentzen, a private businessman and one of 3 leaders of Confederation party. He's a libertarian on economic spectrum and conservative on social issue. His party has been steadily growing in the last years but is still far away from competing with PiS and PO. Confederation is often labeled as "far right" by establishment, they're conservative, anti-EU, sceptic to helping Ukraine, anti-immigration. They have connections with AFD, Le Pen and Fidesz. Magdalena Biejat is the candidate of the New Left party. The New Left is a succesor to SLD, which was a succesor of PZPR, Polish Communist Party. But nowadays they're just a typical western left wing party. Their main priorities are "women's rights" like full access to abortion, same sex marriages and other LGBT postulates like easy transition for trans people, separating Church and the State, fight against global warming etc. They're pro-EU (they're the only country that openly postulates for European federation), pro-Ukraine. They're currently a part of Tusk's goverment. Szymon Hołownia is the leader of "Poland 2050" and already ran for president in 2020 taking 3rd place, behind president Duda and Rafał Trzaskowski. But right now it seems he has less support. He used to be a TV presenter but went into politics, as an economic liberal and centrist on social issue. His party is a part of the ruling coalition and he is the speaker of Polish Sejm. Disclaimer: In case of PiS and Confederation I labeled them as conservative. In Poland it basically means maintaining status quo with the Catholic Church playing a major role, marriage as a union between man and woman, limited access to abortion.

[@marcjasz7208]

it's pretty much Law and Justice's untested candidate vs Civil Coalition's candidate (longstanding president of Warsaw). it's an important election because the ruling coalition (consisting of Civic Coalition and other parties) couldn't accomplish most of their promises with the presidency in the hands of Law and Justice. The president (currently Andrzej Duda from Law and Justice) has veto power he can use to block new laws as well as the ability to pardon anyone of crime (so the investigations into the corruption of Law and Justice party members will only matter if the president is not a member of that party). Essentially for the last 2 years the ruling coalition in Poland was not able to accomplish even the few policies they all agreed on. Now if they get a president, they could probably deliver on much more (if they will care to even do anything, both major parties seem to care more about money than the people)

[@MyPrideFlag]

​@@Red-Check-Mark ​ Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw is the candidate of the KO, the biggest party in the ruling coalition run by PM Donald Tusk. He ran in 2020 and lost by a narrow margin with president Duda. He is a progressive-liberal (more than Tusk himself), pro-EU, pro-Ukraine. He supports same sex-marriages and abortion. Their economic policy is all over the place and difficult to label. His victory will give Tusk full power and ability to actually introduce some reforms. He's currently ahead in polls. Karol Nawrocki the head of National Rememberance Institution is the candidate of Law and Justice (PiS), former goverment (2015-2023) and the biggest opposition party in Poland. The same party as the current president Andrzej Duda. They're conservative, euro-sceptic, anti-illegal immigration (but issued hundreds of thousands of visas), pro-Ukraine. They have close relation with president Trump. PiS is economically left wing with emphasis on social justice and big projects like central airhub. He will likely face off Rafał Trzaskowski in the second round of the election. His victory would be a big blow for Tusk's goverment and would make life difficult for the current govt. Sławomir Mentzen, a private businessman and one of 3 leaders of Confederation party. He's a libertarian on economic spectrum and conservative on social issue. His party has been steadily growing in the last years but is still far away from competing with PiS and PO. Confederation is often labeled as "far right" by establishment, they're conservative, anti-EU, sceptic to helping Ukraine, anti-immigration. They have connections with AFD, Le Pen and Fidesz. Magdalena Biejat is the candidate of the New Left party. The New Left is a succesor to SLD, which was a succesor of PZPR, Polish Communist Party. But nowadays they're just a typical western left wing party. Their main priorities are "women's rights" like full access to abortion, same sex marriages and other LGBT postulates like easy transition for trans people, separating Church and the State, fight against global warming etc. They're pro-EU (they're the only country that openly postulates for European federation), pro-Ukraine. They're currently a part of Tusk's goverment. Szymon Hołownia is the leader of "Poland 2050" and already ran for president in 2020 taking 3rd place, behind president Duda and Rafał Trzaskowski. But right now it seems he has less support. He used to be a TV presenter but went into politics, as an economic liberal and centrist on social issue. His party is a part of the ruling coalition and he is the speaker of Polish Sejm. Disclaimer: In case of PiS and Confederation I labeled them as conservative. In Poland it basically means maintaining status quo with the Catholic Church playing a major role, marriage as a union between man and woman, limited access to abortion.

[@MyPrideFlag]

​ @Red-Check-Mark Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw is the candidate of the KO, the biggest party in the ruling coalition run by PM Donald Tusk. He ran in 2020 and lost by a narrow margin with president Duda. He is a progressive-liberal (more than Tusk himself), pro-EU, pro-Ukraine. He supports same sex-marriages and abortion. Their economic policy is all over the place and difficult to label. His victory will give Tusk full power and ability to actually introduce some reforms. He's currently ahead in polls. Karol Nawrocki the head of National Rememberance Institution is the candidate of Law and Justice (PiS), former goverment (2015-2023) and the biggest opposition party in Poland. The same party as the current president Andrzej Duda. They're conservative, euro-sceptic, anti-illegal immigration (but issued hundreds of thousands of visas), pro-Ukraine. They have close relation with president Trump. PiS is economically left wing with emphasis on social justice and big projects like central airhub. He will likely face off Rafał Trzaskowski in the second round of the election. His victory would be a big blow for Tusk's goverment and would make life difficult for the current govt. Sławomir Mentzen, a private businessman and one of 3 leaders of Confederation party. He's a libertarian on economic spectrum and conservative on social issue. His party has been steadily growing in the last years but is still far away from competing with PiS and PO. Confederation is often labeled as "far right" by establishment, they're conservative, anti-EU, sceptic to helping Ukraine, anti-immigration. They have connections with AFD, Le Pen and Fidesz. Magdalena Biejat is the candidate of the New Left party. The New Left is a succesor to SLD, which was a succesor of PZPR, Polish Communist Party. But nowadays they're just a typical western left wing party. Their main priorities are "women's rights" like full access to abortion, same sex marriages and other LGBT postulates like easy transition for trans people, separating Church and the State, fight against global warming etc. They're pro-EU (they're the only country that openly postulates for European federation), pro-Ukraine. They're currently a part of Tusk's goverment. Szymon Hołownia is the leader of "Poland 2050" and already ran for president in 2020 taking 3rd place, behind president Duda and Rafał Trzaskowski. But right now it seems he has less support. He used to be a TV presenter but went into politics, as an economic liberal and centrist on social issue. His party is a part of the ruling coalition and he is the speaker of Polish Sejm. Disclaimer: In case of PiS and Confederation I labeled them as conservative. In Poland it basically means maintaining status quo with the Catholic Church playing a major role, marriage as a union between man and woman, limited access to abortion.

[@HaydarPashaa]

CHP in 2023: 25% CHP in 2024: 37% CHP in 2028: 61%% (ONE DAY!)

[@TheDarkTemplar3791]

the old intro was way better imo

[@PomPom1204YT]

Canada aged well...

[@zddxddyddw]

Legislative elections in Argentina this year hold special importance since they'll show how much support Milei has, and they'll determine how easy it will be for him to pass his future reforms.

[@wereoctopus]

a very minor correction: Australia's next federal election will be *no later* than 17 May, but the federal government could call one sooner if they saw fit, perhaps as early as February.

[@ayyanmohammed5815]

Any video regarding all the elections of 2024 with the results compiled?

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Not mentioning the Polish presidential elections is a bit strange. Yes, there are many elections, but Poland is a key state in Europe now. With the president and PM representing very different political movements, this is an important election for Tusk, even more as Poland now has the presidency of the Council of the European Union.

[@janmrvka1014]

Well maybe it's because your president doesn't hold the executive power. No matter who wins, Tusk will remain as prime minister. (Even though president is also important, of course). But I agree that Poland is very important now. But the Czech Republic chooses a whole new government. And it's also an important country

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@janmrvka1014 "Your president"? I’m not from Poland, I’m Norwegian. And our elections are not that important abroad, as the major parties are more or less aligned regarding foreign policy :-) But Tusk needs to replace Duda, he’s blocking important reforms to re-align Poland to European judiciary standards. And a noisy, bitter election campaign, most likely fuelled by Russian disinformation is not ideal. (I know PiS is not pro Russia, but i guess FSB will see angry farmers and the Confederation Party as possible fertile soil). All this can take the focus a bit away from both the presidency of the Council and the war. At the same time as disruptor Trump returns to the main stage.

[@L_back]

@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 I’m not gonna get into all of this yet - but just to let you know, PiS has been downright Rusophobic since 2014. Military spending went up since 2015 and it’s good that the new government is continuing that, despite mounting resistance from the Left coalition members…

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@L_back Yes, as I wrote, PiS is "not pro Russia".

[@CHRISDWF]

Good video as always, but surprised you did not mention the Belarus election in January. Has big wider implications if it goes the way of the last Belarusian election.

[@masikorski6411]

is there even a candidate that people could rally behind? In 2020 it was Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya after her husband got detained and banned from running. No news of anything like that happening now, I din't even know there are elections this month.

[@Ken-Mojo-Dojo]

As an australian I am very worried with our future. labor has made Australia go from bad to worse and it could be a labor and minor party coalition who are even more extreme and radical. I really miss the Australia I grew up in over a decade ago, it is no longer the country it was and migration, homelessness, housing prices and cost of living is out of control with no action on it. The government hates us.

[@thevannmann]

The LNP aren't your friends either.

[@BCAT3089]

Trudeau just committed to stepping down

[@SonjaVanHetten]

TLDR Can You Please Talk About The Suriname 🇸🇷 Elections That Take Place In May

[@digitalsale]

You're telling me a congressional race in the US is considered more important than who leads Poland? Alright then, I guess.

[@Vampirecronicler]

It's not a congressional race. It's a states governor's race

[@shloidain]

@@Vampirecronicler there we go, even less important

[@Vampirecronicler]

@shloidain yeah. I don't get why they talked about it. They can just as easily mention them in their own video, or do a video of what democrats can do going forward

[@timvlaar]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Poland's presidential election.

[@GermanPotato-r4j]

The SPD has no shot to surpass the AfD without a miracle happening. It is also very likely that the SPD will form a coalition with the CDU since their only other coalition partner (The Green Party) is extremely disliked by their voter base. So it's astronomically unlikely for the SPD to form the main opposition as states here.

[@cjnewell2253]

What about the Polish presidential elections?

[@krisdaschwab912]

There's really only two possible outcomes: PiS minion Nawrocki wins, nothing changes; or Trzaskowski wins and the government can actually do stuff (whether or not that's a good thing depends on who you ask)

[@filipkogut8533]

​​@@krisdaschwab912 how naive for you to think PO can't make changes with Duda as president. They're not doing shit, because they are a bad government. Tell me what are some laws or regulations Duda has vetoed. Tusk is a liar who says one thing and does another.

[@L_back]

@@krisdaschwab912 1. Nawrocki is an independent candidate supported by PiS, not directly a PiS chosen candidate 2. Trzaskowski himself belongs to the more progressive and “environmentalist” wing than Tusk, who is just a regular centrist who once considered himself a social democrat

[@marcfrankoro]

You missed Lebanon. There is an ongoing political question as to whether Hezbollah’s enemy, the Lebanese Forces,’s leader, Samir Geagea, will be able to become president. If he does, it means civil war in Lebanon. If not; who? Some say Joseph Aoun, the current commander of the Lebanese Army. Others say Jihad Azour, former minister of economy and analyst at the IMF.

[@Nelson_504]

OMG. I totally forgot we'll have elections in my country, Honduras🇭🇳, this year until I was reminded by the thumbnail😱. Our candidates and political parties are bad, worse, and worst😔. Literally zero options.

[@Andythespacekid]

Fellow Honduran here. Yeah they are all the worrrrrrsssssstttttt

[@y.g.b]

It wouldn't be the first time for the AfD to be opposition leader(2:08), they were from 2017-2021, but it would be the first time for them to finish a federal election in second place. This is also way more important because there isn't really a big benefit from being the leader of the opposition besides the title in Germany.

[@MrJohnnyMcLemmon]

Surprised that Argentina's midterm elections were not mentioned considering how consequential they are in increasing Milei's administration support in Congress while his alliances seem to be weakening

[@Haiganon]

South Korea would also very likely have a new presidential election this year because of that martial law madness.

[@mirabeaux851]

3:53 thanks for not telling us what that means. It means “ Mutual death”. 8:40 “soolvee”

[@Ceiteach.O.Dubhuir]

Can't forgot us 🇮🇪 & this years presidential Election

[@rod9829]

LOL

[@Ceiteach.O.Dubhuir]

​@@rod9829?

[@prestonlanglais8271]

I will be watching the Ecuadorian general elections very closely this year.

[@deej751]

As a Canadian I can tell you I have been waiting 10 years to get rid of Trudeau. The fact he has lasted this long is insane considering all of his scandals.

[@donkey7921]

Please, as if Harper didn't have scandals...

[@deej751]

@@donkey7921didn’t say he didn’t.

[@deej751]

@WiblWibl988I will hold him accountable if he does anything wrong. But the liberals have destroyed the economy, bloated the public sector and stifled innovation. 9 years was enough now we need to have someone come in and cut all the bloat these drunken sailors have created. Unfortunately this will upset people because they like “free” stuff.

[@deej751]

@@donkey7921did I say he didn’t?

[@deej751]

@WiblWibl988I will hold him accountable if he does.

[@LuxuriantCarrot]

If I had a nickel for every finance minister named Christia that left their government job recently, I'd have two nickels.

[@soundreamerbg]

Forgot about the routine parliamentary election in Bulgaria...

[@100domathon]

Honduras in Central America is also having elections at the end of 2025

[@alexandert.6501]

2:15 The AfD was from 2017-2021 the main opposition party

[@robo567]

video couldn’t have been timed worse now that trudeau just stepped down

[@jamesonporritt2197]

Too Long: How the World Voted is such a well-done magazine. I’ve already read it twice and even bought two copies for myself. Well done, everyone-well done 👏👏! I cannot wait for the next edition about the most influential people in the world. Top-tier journalism 👌👌!

[@lukasrentz3238]

2:10 AfD has never been the second largest Party, but they were the main Opposition Party after the 2017 Election.

[@Eimermann4613]

But according to many polls, it is after the election.

[@Henry12632]

at 4 seconds it says £798,626.87 (total operating costs november 1st 2023 - october 31st 2024)

[@rizwaanbaig7726]

IK! 0:04

[@MrTohawk]

2:20 The SPD will not be part of the opposition after the election. There is no reasonable coalition that doesn't include them and the CDU.

[@bigdong6943]

only greens, but SPD is a prefarable option for CDU. FDP might not even make it into parlament but if they do and BSW doesnt it might be enough for a CDU FDP coalition

[@dylansmith1833]

love the new intro

[@ImBouncy]

Im australian. Albanese is ok but not the best, and dutton isnt good either. Good luck australia 25-28

[@harrytindley4382]

Can’t believe Australia got the Mike Wazowski treatment

[@KSB_DWI]

As with last year, the Russian Elections will be very contested between a United Russia supermajority and a United Russia supermajority.

[@Citanoo]

Regarding the Norwegian election: Store's Labour Party has been polling about 17-20%, while their worst general election result since WW2 was in 2001 with 24,3%. Problem for Store is that despite their RedGreen alliance winning 100 seats of the 169 seats in the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget), their governmental ally Centre Party outright refuses to cooperate with two of the five RedGreen alliance parties (Red Party and the Greens) and only accepts the Social Left party as a budget ally to have enough backing for a majority. The Centre Party got 13,5% in 2021 but polling under half of this now at around 5-6%. The Social Left party has polled around 10% and got 7,6% in 2021 but recent polls have them around 8,5%. Red Party entered the parliament the first time in 2017 and was the first new party to break the 4% threshold in an election since the threshold was implemented in 1989 and thus went from 1 to 8 seats in 2021. The Greens have been in the parliament one period longer than the Red Party (since 2013) but neither in 2017 or 2021 they managed to break the threshold and thus only have 3 seats currently. Polls show that Red Party will increase abit to around 5-6% while the Greens struggle to get above 4% and actually had polls go below 3%. The Conservative Party polled very high around the local election in 2023 and managed to dethrone the Labour Party as the biggest party in an election that year since WW2. They had polled as high as in the 30's but now at the low 20's. This mainly due to the rise of the Progress Party (the most right-wing party in the parliament today) whom struggled to increase their polling rates above their 2021 results (11,6%) but the last 6-8 months they have surged very quickly past both Labour and Conservative and are currently polled as the biggest party at around the mid 20's. The question is more if they can maintain it towards the election in september, since the Centre Party polled in the low 20's too in early 2021 but ended at 13,5%. Progress Party dreams of a majority government of themselves and the Conservative Party so they can rule without having to lean on other parties for support. Most polls shows that they are a few seats away from reaching this, but recently they actually managed to reach majority (85 seats for majority) so now voting experts are less certain how the election will end up. The Liberal Party (ironically named 'Venstre', which means "Left" in Norwegian) supports the Conservative Party but are less happy about the Progress Party. This is mainly due to the Liberal Party's focus on green politics. Polling shows them around 5-6% and should have no problem maintaining above the threshold despite their election past being both above and below the threshold. Finally we have the Christian Democratic Party which have been on a decline since the millennium and ended below the 4% threshold for the first time ever in the 2021, ending up with only 3 seats. Polls show at average that they might remain under the threshold again and many voting experts believe it might be a matter of time before they end up disappearing from the parliament. They support the Conservative Party.

[@michaelowino228]

Good video.

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

Guernsey is also heading to the polls this year

[@AduckButSpain]

Omg, a real Guernseyman/Guernseywoman! Do you maybe have a normal demonym?

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

@@AduckButSpain You were right the first time, the "official" demonym of Guernsey is Guernseyman/Guernseywoman. But I personally use Sarnian as it's easier to say also thanks for fueling my crippling dysphoria

[@zUJ7EjVD]

As an Australian, I think your explanation was a bit lacking. There are three points I take issue with: 1. While the LNP frequently mentions the promised cut to power prices, the electorate isn't really buying it. 2. The teal independents, which are fiscally conservative but socially progressive are set to probably be kingmakers this election. 3. A key issue in the coming election is nuclear power. The LNP has come out in strong support of it but all modeling (except LNP internal modelling) shows it makes zero economic sense in Australia.

[@blazoraptor3392]

The LNP is in favor of nuclear power? I thought they were more in support of coal and fosail fuels (sorry im not australian)

[@zUJ7EjVD]

@@blazoraptor3392 They were and are. They pivoted to nuclear power mostly as an excuse to keep burning coal because "these dayum nuclear reactors keep getting delayed". And the people who mine coal are the same people who mine uranium so it's not that big of a shift either way.

[@wereoctopus]

​@@blazoraptor3392 I'd be surprised if the Coalition actually followed through on building nuclear reactors, whenever they next win power. I assume it's just a cack-handed attempt at wedging Labor on cost-of-living. That said, they've historically supported other parts of the nuclear industry, e.g. uranium mining for export, and repeated attempts to establish sites for other countries' nuclear waste. They've just done so for reasons other than lowering Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. (Labor dropped their opposition to uranium mining in 1983, but the Coalition were still viewed as more amenable, e.g. the Jabiluka mine only went into development during the Howard government)

[@zachweyrauch2988]

Do you guys have a lot of uranium? I'm canadian and we have a solid bit of mineral assets like australia including uranium. ... it hasn't helped much. Our government has been dumping money into small modular reactors for over a decade and we still don't have a functioning device. It breaks my brain when i hear people in the UK talk about the SMRs getting invented in canada. Stuff is so screwed up.

[@PulseRasar]

There’s also the UK county local elections! It’s super important as it’s the Conservative Party’s last chance to save themselves for the next decade, and can also see a massive rise in third party seats

[@ajwan8269]

Where is polish presidential election?

[@AncientKing9197]

In India 🇮🇳 we have 2 legislative assembly elections, both crucial for the incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP led NDA coalition government after the travestry that was last year's general election

[@jita26televisi]

New intro is so fire it burned me severely and I wanna sue 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheUltimateTroll9]

I think you should redo the Canada part....6 hours too late😅

[@Prophetofcthulhu]

No word about Belarus election?

[@Stamy31]

Everyone knows the results, no polls needed😢

[@Prophetofcthulhu]

@Stamy31 who knows)) may be another Syria incoming)

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

Lukashenko❤

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

​@@Prophetofcthulhu you want another country to be taken over by ISIS and Al qaeda? Strange

[@krisshnapeswanipeswani3190]

As a liberal i like Poliviere. Trudeau had no backbone

[@masikorski6411]

From what I read he's pretty sensible for a candidate from conservative party (knowing what conservatives were like in past years in the west)

[@krisshnapeswanipeswani3190]

@masikorski6411 pls remember normal non extrmeit conservatives exist.

[@masikorski6411]

@krisshnapeswanipeswani3190 I do, but unfortunately ones with radical propositions get most attention. Glad Canada is not like that

[@zachweyrauch2988]

​@@masikorski6411 Before pierre, we had a guy named Erin otooole. He avoided stoking controversy and lost. Pierre has been silently indicating his support for the far right but I doubt his actual sentiment supports extreme politics. Im pretty sure he is just courting controversy to win votes from my least intelligent neighbors.

[@deej751]

@@zachweyrauch2988O’Tool wasn’t even a conservative. That is why he lost. Sheer was a terrible leader. I’m happy the conservatives finally have an actual conservative leader who knows how to speak. I just hope Trudeau stays on as leader because he needs to be shown how much Canadians hate him.

[@GinnyNReviews]

Looking at the comments, you should do a "Even more elections to watch in 2025" sequel video

[@chrisalex82]

hmm new music intro for 2025 ? i like that

[@pradyunsg]

I like the new intro!

[@shloidain]

all of your australia content has been below your usual standard. for australia you just read out polling instead of doing actual investigative journalism. and not even mentioning poland too...

[@rloduwick]

really hope here in australia we get a new government

[@maxmichalik4938]

Regarding German elections: Even if the SPD gets the second most votes, that likely not make them the opposition leader. There's a good chance that they will become the junior partner of the next coalition government, whether they make second place or third place. Thus the AfD would still be first among the opposition parties.

[@bapo224]

Given the amount of infighting the Dutch government might also collapse this year which would cause new elections.

[@MustraOrdo]

We hebben een serieus probleem

[@MyPublicFacingName]

The new tldr intro needs tldr-ing 😅

[@oldbrokenhands]

Bought another annual transit pass to ride the crazy train.

[@RedPandaJack]

Dropping this video right before Trudeau's resignation is crazy

[@Karl-oh3bc]

Quick correction: The AfD has already been the main opposition party from 2017 to 2021 in Germany when the two biggest parties (CDU and SPD) formed a grant coalition

[@filipkogut8533]

You didn't even include Poland's presidential elections. Andrzej Duda will not be a president for the first time since 2015. This election, although the president's capabilities are limited in Poland, will be interesting to see, especially considering Poland's growing role in Europe.

[@gar5555]

Just to be nit picky but at the end you show Bernie Sanders as a Democrat when he is in fact an independent.

[@MarjayMJ]

deserve 1m sub

[@Bogfrog1]

Here’s the thing about New Jersey. If Jon Bramnick wins it still wouldn’t be great for the Democrats but it wouldn’t be great for Trump either since Bramnick is a more old school Republican and never-Trumper. Electing Republican governors isn’t unheard of in New Jersey and given his more moderate platform and higher approval over Chiaterelli I think there’s a huge chance for this scenario to happen

[@marteroma]

you know shit is good when they rebrand the intro

[@noonecares379]

2024-2025 , will be remembered as the two year peroid where the world reformed for the good.

[@a-s-greig]

Good luck.

[@etienneleroi9515]

I don’t know what you’re on about. The world is off to a bad start on that front

[@colinnielsen74]

Add Canada to the list

[@mustachewalrus]

Tldr it sucks to be a liberal in 2025