Breitbart
As the world prepares for the departure of an especially tumultuous year in global politics, some of the world’s most influential countries are preparing for elections that may dramatically shift domestic politics and foreign policy, depending on how voters swing.
Presidential elections often result in dramatic changes in the countries holding them, even when allies of the incumbent take over or the incumbent is reelected in countries whose constitutions allow for it. This year, however, a combination of local issues and the ongoing political fallout from the handling of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic have given rise to candidates vowing dramatic changes in the status quo. Below, five countries electing a president in 2022, their first chances to replace their heads of state since the pandemic began.
South America’s two most populous countries are facing elections in the coming year and in both, voters will evaluate the record of incumbent conservative presidents. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro won his position in a dramatic election that required him to continue campaigning after being almost stabbed to death on video during a campaign stop by a socialist, who later told police God had commanded him to kill the candidate. Bolsonaro won the presidency with a campaign vowing to eradicate corruption, uphold Christian values, and eradicate the far-left Workers’ Party (PT), whose two presidents had ended their runs in disgrace: one in prison and one impeached.
