Trend · rank 57 of 250

Election integrity & interference

Pressure on the conduct and acceptance of elections is rising, from foreign interference to disputed counts and annulled results, weakening the legitimacy of transfers of power and the standing of governments abroad.

Information & InfluenceInformation & trustpoliticsinformationinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
57of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 182
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
57.3rank 27
Eigenvector
61.8
Betweenness
4.6
Links
21trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
29.4

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
100
Over a year
+19%Rising
Over three years
+4%
Peak
7203 Nov 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.61
Coverage
5languages · 47 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (5 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English74%110+40%
Spanish13%106+12%
German6%154+146%
Japanese4%99−34%
Russian3%154+26%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United States

Canada

South Korea

Singapore

United Kingdom

Australia

Ireland

New Zealand

Nigeria

Denmark

Netherlands

Norway

100

50

42

37

25

24

24

24

19

16

16

16

The 12 highest of 47 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English95+14%+38%+38%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German147+73%+210%+259%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese81+3%−52%+74%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country143−30%+32%+224%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish134−13%+96%+198%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian154+154%+26%+40%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilGoogle230+30%+332%+1867%
CanadaGoogle80+21%+43%+119%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German168+113%+285%+384%
IndiaGoogle143−30%+32%+224%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese84+5%−60%+66%
South KoreaGoogle57−24%−34%+240%
MexicoGoogle73−13%+151%+62%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian154+154%+26%+40%
United KingdomGoogle91−21%+123%+123%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English95+15%+37%+27%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
5 · Very highDecline of independent journalismInformation & trust29
4 · HighErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
4 · HighCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
4 · HighConspiracy movements & science denialInformation & trust68
4 · HighForeign information manipulationInformation & trust91
4 · HighPlatform power over public discourseInformation & trust99
4 · HighCensorship & surveillanceInformation & trust103
4 · HighReligious & identity nationalismInformation & trust122
4 · HighDiaspora politics & transnational repressionInformation & trust176
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModeratePublic communication in crisisInformation & trust10
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
3 · ModerateMisinformation & disinformationInformation & trust30
3 · ModerateSynthetic media & deepfakesInformation & trust87
3 · ModerateMedia provenance & authenticationInformation & trust100
3 · ModerateAI-mediated information accessInformation & trust118
3 · ModerateOnline harms & safetyInformation & trust202