Benjamin Oestericher

Executive Intern

Benjamin Oestericher is an intern with the Executive Department. He is a rising freshman at Georgetown University where he intends to study International Politics. Before joining FairVote, he conducted political research, coordinated candidate communications, and managed direct persuasion and advocacy strategies with a variety of progressive political consulting firms and campaigns fighting for structural reforms to America’s politics. He is excited to work with FairVote to help fight for an electoral system that will yield more equitable and just outcomes.

Posts by Benjamin Oestericher

Competition for Control of the House Underrepresents Voters of Color

Posted on April 14, 2021

Election cycle after election cycle, the battle for control of Congress is being waged in a smaller and smaller sliver of the United States. FairVote found in its 2020 Monopoly Politics Report that more than 80% of House districts were “safe” districts that were locked down by one major party or the other, with such little hope of electoral competition that we projected winners two years before the actual election.