2024 is and continues to be a year of national and regional elections around the world. Some have passed under the international radar; others have sprung out leading to huge ramifications. In the UK the polls are predicting changes, France has already had its shake up, and India, the EU and South Africa have all heard their people speak in ways their leaders didn’t necessarily want. What is more there are still elections to come in the USA and potentially in Ukraine. 

Despite this many are disillusioned with modern politics and democracy might well be in danger, so let us have some historical perspective on all these and have a look at just what a pivot point elections can be:

• The great Liberal landslide: the 1906 General Election in perspective - Historian article (open access for July)
   
• 'England Arise!' The General Election of 1945: The first landslide election victory of the Labour Party - Historian article (open access for July)
   
• Parliament, people or privilege: Do we need a better understanding of constitutional history? - HA Annual Conference round table discussion (open access for July)
   
• Lecture: Gender, place and power in controverted 18th century elections - HA Annual Conference lecture (open access for July)
   
• ‘Power to the people’? Disputed presidential elections in US history - Historian article (open access for July)
   
• Why White Liberals Fail: United States politics in an election year - interview with Professor Anthony J. Badger (open access for July)
  
  
• Lyndon Johnson & Albert Gore: Southern New Dealers and the Modern South - Historian article (open access for July)
  
  
• South Africa - National Elections 2024