Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024

A tool tracking the topics and tactics of 2024 election misinformation

Election misinformation poses an existential threat to democracy but can be difficult to analyze and assess through individually debunked falsehoods published by different fact-check organizations. Collecting and cataloguing examples of misinformation reveals valuable insights into the common disinformation tactics and narratives that threaten to influence public opinion about the 2024 election.

Data Updated: Nov 26, 2024

Where we get our data

All Themes at a Glance

Viral misinformation tends to cluster around specific themes and topics, some of which are legitimate issues and some of which are fabricated or exaggerated “controversies.” The News Literacy Project has collected and cataloged hundreds of examples of debunked falsehoods and identified several recurring themes related to the 2024 election.

Totals per theme

Number of examples about each theme and the percentage of examples it accounts for in the database.

Falsehoods that mislead the public about a candidate’s character, appearance or reputation.

Percentage: 37%

Quantity: 350

Falsehoods that mislead the public about a candidate’s endorsements and level of grassroots support.

19%

182

Falsehoods that mislead the public about the function and security of the election system.

19%

178

Falsehoods that mislead the public about a candidate’s record, policies and campaign promises.

13%

122

Falsehoods that mislead the public by pushing baseless conspiracy theories about the candidates, the election, the government and other topics.

12%

113

Trends over time

Weekly total of examples per theme

Candidate Image

Election Integrity

Candidate Popularity

Platform and Policy

Conspiracy

*Weekly totals updated every Sunday

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Here is the running list of every piece of election-related viral misinformation we could find

We built this database by compiling every example of election-related viral misinformation we could find, including by monitoring the work of major, standards-based fact-checking organizations.Learn more about where we get our examples