Reports & Analysis

Business Plan for America

Version 1.0
Recent elections have sent a consistent message: Americans want progress on affordability and economic opportunity—and a government they can trust to deliver. The country’s credibility, at home and abroad, depends on getting this right.

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Protect Our Elections

Defending accessible, secure, and fair elections. Respect for the rule of law and reliable governmental processes are among America’s greatest competitive advantages.

The 2026 midterm elections will take place in a significantly altered risk environment. Here’s what business leaders need to know — and what you can do.

2026 Election Threats Memo

US House Members in Age Bands by Party

Senators over 55

80%

Half of voters are under 55

Members over 70

20%

4% in peer democracies

Support Age Limits

80%

Voters favor caps

Congressional Tenure Analysis

Leadership Now’s latest report examines Congressional tenure, benchmarking it across parties and peer nations to provide a fact base for reform by Democrats and Republicans alike.

The findings are unequivocal: America faces a widening generational gap in political leadership—one that weakens institutional effectiveness, erodes public confidence, and risks putting the U.S. economy at a competitive disadvantage.

This analysis is designed to support bipartisan reform and offer practical, actionable solutions.

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Leadership Now MBA Policy Challenge

Graduate teams proposed bold policies to strengthen the U.S. constitutional framework and responsible economic growth and opportunity. Submissions were anonymized and scored by business and public policy experts using a quantitative rubric. See the winning papers below:

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ENERGI Act

Pat Cronin - Duke University (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Athena Tamayo Luisce - Duke University (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Sam Tolbert - Duke University and University of North Carolina (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Vishal Vinod - Duke University (Master and Environmental Management)

2

American Investment Continuity Act

Katherine Waltma - University of Pennsylvania (MBA) & Harvard Kennedy School (MPP); Anisha Vavilala - Harvard Business School (MBA) & Harvard Kennedy School (MPP); Charlotte Laracy - Harvard Kennedy School (MPP)

3

Powering the Rust Belt Forward

Ridha Al-Wishah, Mohamed Amen Hammami, Chaithanya Sivakumar

3

AI Care Corps Act

Austrella Balley, Matthew Caruso, Jamie Coleman, Brooklyn Mosley

3

Unlock the Map

Alex Koh, Dean Blackmer

Democracy Report Card

State-by-State Democracy Grades

A high-level tool for policymakers and citizens alike, grading each state on democratic health using data-driven criteria—election access, voting, institutional robustness, and demographic representation—built to help stakeholders make informed decisions on engaging in state-level political reform.

How It's Scored:

Voting Is voting accessible to all citizens, developing a culture of civic engagement? Turnout, registration, and contested races

Electoral Systems Are elections are administered productively and fairly? Efficiency gap gerrymandering, disenfranchised voters, automatic registration, mail-in voting

Campaign Finance Are there clear campaign finance limits, and is campaign funding transparent? Accessible records, contribution limits, IE reporting, dark money spend