"Reflexive Control," a strategy used by the Russian government, is the ability to use information on someone else so that they make a decision on their own accord. This might involve $q,$

releasing embarrassing information so that voters make a choice, on their own, to view a candidate negatively.

setting off an electromagnetic pulse that prevents computers in a region, from functioning.

hacking a voting machine so that the results are different from what voters intended.

using $5G$ towers to implant signals into people's brains.