It's been: a year. 2024, the biggest election year in the history of democracy, is almost over. In this final episode of our year, Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton look back at elections in the US, India and the UK, as well as the trends that have dominated global political currents, and ask whether 2024 has been quite as rough as it seems.

Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode (a special self-indulgence roster):

• Emily: https://newrepublic.com/article/186698/october-7-anniversary-american-jewry-broken-half
• Emily: https://forward.com/opinion/675727/trump-antisemitism-america-democracy/
• Tom: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-2024/keir-more-than-just-a-lucky-general/
• Tom: https://dividinglines.substack.com/p/shoddy-drafting
• Rohan: https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/casi-election-conversations-2024

Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:

• ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show)
• India Inside Out by Rohan Venkat
• Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton

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