2/3 POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY
Americans across the spectrum feel the pain, with 74% of people in the U.S. saying the country is “on the wrong track.” Such broad-based consensus is rare in politics. A candidate offering a clear vision for reversing the decades-long decay of our most fundamental relationships and institutions would address some of the deepest felt needs of the electorate.
Many have diagnosed the problem; few have offered a path forward. In the Social Capital Campaign’s recent reports, we have done so. We examined the current challenges across five core building blocks of social capital, and what policymakers can do to address them:
