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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Elections 2017

Analysis: 10 elections to watch in 2017


German Chancellor Angela Merkel will run again in 2017, after 11 years as Germany's leader. Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersMillions of people around the world went to the polls this year. The results provided plenty of surprises. British voters defied the pollstersand voted to leave the European Union. Colombians did much the same in rejecting their government’s peace deal with FARC, though Colombia’s president found a way to complete the deal a few months later without a vote. The biggest electoral surprise of all might have been in the United States, where Donald Trump defied the political expertsand defeated Hillary Clinton. Perhaps 2017 will produce similarly surprising results. Here are ten elections to watch.

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