More than 3.7 billion voters in more than 70 countries are preparing to go to the polls this year. One in four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will hold an electoral process.

Disinformation and electoral violence are decimating citizens' confidence in electoral processes. Young people around the world have the least faith in democracy and do not trust politicians to address issues related to the climate crisis and rising income inequality, the authors say. The UN Secretary General declared with concern that “coups d'état have returned.”