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Jan 7, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | Hans Zeiger
Americans are clearly troubled by the state of their political leadership and the quality of candidate choices in recent elections. According to a Pew Research Center study released in September 2023, 72% of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as poor, while just 26% regard them favorably.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Hans Zeiger
Just a week after the election, the Jack Miller Center — a nonprofit organization focused on civic literacy where I serve as president — convened about 185 leaders, educators and philanthropists for a two-day National Summit on Civic Education in Philadelphia. We knew in planning the summit that there was some risk it would be ill-timed in the aftermath of a contentious election. We decided to press forward. We would lean into civics.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Hans Zeiger
As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72% of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26% look favorably on the candidate pool. Our waning confidence in public leadership choices has occurred for various reasons. One is that many talented citizens opt out of public service for quieter, often more lucrative, vocations.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
postbulletin.com | Hans Zeiger
As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study , 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26% look favorably on the candidate pool. Our waning confidence in public leadership choices has occurred for various reasons. One is that many talented citizens opt out of public service for quieter, often more lucrative, vocations.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
newstribune.com | Hans Zeiger
COMMENTARY: America’s future leaders need more civic education Today at 4:00 a.m. by Hans Zeiger The Fulcrum (TNS) As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26 percent look favorably on the candidate pool. Our...
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
myjournalcourier.com | Hans Zeiger
In all the turbulence that comes with campaigning and elections, it can be too easy to lose sight of the enduring things that really matter. As if to remind us that we should not overly focus on presidential politics, Justice Felix Frankfurter once said, “In a democracy, the highest office is the office of citizen.”This is a lesson we would do well to remember. Of course, this suggests the importance of voting in a presidential election – or any election at any level of government.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
sentinelsource.com | Hans Zeiger
As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26 percent look favorably on the candidate pool. Our waning confidence in public leadership choices has occurred for various reasons. One is that many talented citizens opt out of public service for quieter, often more lucrative, vocations.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
havasunews.com | Hans Zeiger
As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26% look favorably on the candidate pool. Our waning confidence in public leadership choices has occurred for various reasons. One is that many talented citizens opt out of public service for quieter, often more lucrative, vocations.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Hans Zeiger
As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26% look favorably on the candidate pool. Our waning confidence in public leadership choices has occurred for various reasons. One is that many talented citizens opt out of public service for quieter, often more lucrative, vocations.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thefulcrum.us | Hans Zeiger
Zeiger is president of the Jack Miller Center, an educational venture to advance the history, documents and ideals we hold in common as Americans. As a nation, we are failing to prepare citizens for leadership in our constitutional republic. According to a September 2023 Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of Americans rate the overall quality of political candidates in recent years as bad, while only 26 percent look favorably on the candidate pool.
