The period from late 2023 to November of this year has been widely described as the “year of elections” as more than 60 countries, including many of the largest electorates and most influential states in the world are voting. These include India, the United States, Indonesia, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, plus the European Union elections and most recently two German state elections which are seen as a bellwether for that country’s general election next year. There have been some hideously dishonest elections, as in Venezuela, but in general this process has been rightly seen as a test of the resilience of democracy and of the ability of democratic countries to regain their economic and social footing after or in the midst of, in many cases, periods of economic stagnation or sluggishness and social unrest, much of it attributable to population flows that have not been easily accommodated.