New report from the Center for Public Leadership:
"Americans are alarmed about the quality of their leaders and concerned about the country’s future, yet optimistic that things can improve.
The third national study of confidence in leadership, a product of a partnership between the Center for Public Leadership and U.S.News & World Report, reveals that the leadership crisis we first identified in our 2005 report continues—and, in Americans’ eyes, is deepening:
- More than three quarters of those surveyed now believe there is a leadership crisis in this country, up 8% from 2006 and 12% from 2005
- Fully half of all Americans, when asked how much confidence they have in their leaders, answer “not much” or “none at all”
- Confidence in many sectors—not just government—is tepid or sinking
- The news media continues to inspire the least confidence, and 64% of Americans do not trust its coverage of the presidential campaign
- 79% of Americans believe the United States will decline as a nation unless we get better leaders
- Yet 79% are confident the next president will be good for the country, and 59% believe the country will have better leaders in 20 years"
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