Media
2026
“New House Maps Put Control of Congress Up for Grabs This Fall”. CBN News, July 6, 2026. (TV interview)
“Poll: 6 in 10 voters say country headed in wrong direction”. The Center Square, June 20, 2026.
“Gerrymandering rears its ugly head”. Brandon Sun, June 18, 2026. (research featured)
“Poll: Voters back redistricting commissions over legislatures 2-to-1”. The Center Square, June 16, 2026.
“A Historical Overview of Gerrymandering in the US”. WENY (Lilly Broadcasting), June 15, 2026. (TV interview)
“Poll: Most voters oppose mid-decade redistricting”. The Center Square, June 15, 2026.
“Can partisan gerrymandering be fixed?”. WORLD, June 4, 2026.
“Southeast Mass. backed Trump. Experts look at the Congressional maps”. Taunton Daily Gazette, May 31, 2026.
“Donald Trump's Grip on the Midterms”. The Dispatch (The Morning Dispatch), May 28, 2026.
“Is New England gerrymandered? We asked experts”. Telegram & Gazette (Worcester), May 27, 2026.
“BS-TBS "Hodo 1930" interview on US redistricting & 2026 midterms”. BS-TBS / TBS Television (Japan), May 19, 2026. (TV interview)
“Florida maps make congressional districts less compact. Here's how much”. Tampa Bay Times, May 18, 2026.
“Qui va gagner la bataille du redécoupage électoral aux États-Unis?”. Radio-Canada (CBC), May 17, 2026.
“Explainer: What's happening with gerrymandering—and who will 'win' the redistricting battle?”. Harvard Kennedy School, May 4, 2026. (Q&A)
“DeSantis releases new congressional map for Florida, favoring Republicans”. Miami Herald, April 28, 2026.
“'Fighting fire with fire': Virginia's role in the national redistricting race”. The Virginia Independent, February 24, 2026.
2025
“12 months out from the US midterms, both sides struggle to gain electoral advantage”. The Conversation, October 29, 2025. (op-ed)
“Opinion: We all lose with extreme gerrymandering in Texas” (with Maxwell Palmer, Tyler Simko). Austin American-Statesman (op-ed), October 20, 2025. (op-ed)
“The DOJ letter that sparked a redistricting war—and could hurt Texas in court”. Sacramento Bee, October 3, 2025.
“(La Presse) The threat of US government/state paralysis”. La Presse (Canada/Québec), September 26, 2025.
“How to Fix Redistricting (one problem, five solutions)”. Wake Up To Politics (Gabe Fleisher, Substack), September 11, 2025. (research featured)
“Less proportional congressional maps can also be fair”. LinkedIn (article), August 27, 2025. (op-ed)
“Ben Schneer on Texas' mid-decade redistricting push (short video explainer)”. Harvard Kennedy School / YouTube, August 23, 2025. (video)
“Explainer: Understanding the mid-decade redistricting push in Texas”. Harvard Kennedy School, August 22, 2025. (Q&A)
“Statesman column: impact of redistricting on Travis County”. Austin American-Statesman, August 15, 2025.
“How to Fix America's Gerrymandering Problem” (with Maxwell Palmer, Kevin DeLuca). TIME, August 14, 2025. (op-ed)
“The Dangers of America's Gerrymandering Problem—And How to Fix It”. Election Law Blog (Rick Hasen), August 14, 2025. (research featured)
“The Great Texas Re-Draw”. The Dispatch, August 14, 2025.
“How Texas's new congressional maps lock in political power”. LinkedIn (article), August 8, 2025. (op-ed)
“Republicans are seeking to create a durable gerrymander in Texas” (with Maxwell Palmer, Tyler Simko). San Antonio Express-News, August 8, 2025. (op-ed)
“Feeling Unheard by Congress? Here's What You Need to Know (Top of Mind)”. Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYUradio (SiriusXM), August 4, 2025. (radio)
“Legislators who descend from immigrants historically supported more permissive immigration policies” (with James Feigenbaum, Maxwell Palmer). LSE USAPP blog, June 12, 2025. (op-ed)
“With sweeping actions, Trump tests US constitutional order”. Reuters, March 21, 2025.
2024
“On Ohio ballot, a retired justice's crusade to make politics competitive again”. Christian Science Monitor, October 10, 2024.
“A partisan solution to partisan gerrymandering — the Define-Combine Procedure”. Harvard Kennedy School (Democracy Insights), February 29, 2024. (feature)
“Partisan gerrymandering is a political scourge. These experts designed a better way” (with Kevin DeLuca, Maxwell Palmer). Fast Company, February 21, 2024. (op-ed, republication)
“How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake” (with Kevin DeLuca, Maxwell Palmer). The Conversation, February 20, 2024. (op-ed)
“Cutting the Gerrymandering Cake: Define-Combine Procedure reduces partisan bias”. Yale ISPS blog, February 15, 2024. (research featured)
2021
“Home of the gerrymander, Massachusetts should move to independent redistricting”. The Boston Globe, April 29, 2021.
2020
“With Friends Like These: Inviting Corruption Into the Boardroom?”. Agenda (a Financial Times publication), December 7, 2020.
“The election will not stop the partisan gerrymandering epidemic”. Fast Company, November 10, 2020. (op-ed)
“Why AI alone can't solve the scourge of gerrymandering”. Fast Company, August 1, 2020. (op-ed)
“Drawing a Line”. Harvard Kennedy School Magazine, January 1, 2020. (profile)
2019
“Drawing the line on gerrymandering”. HKS PolicyCast, December 10, 2019. (podcast)
“Are Divided Governments the Cause of Delays and Shutdowns?”. The Science of Politics (Niskanen Center), January 2, 2019. (podcast)
2018
“Q&A with Benjamin Schneer: Checking under democracy's hood”. Harvard Kennedy School (Faculty Focus), September 10, 2018. (Q&A)
2017
“Canvassers tend to seek out supporters who are like themselves – and that's not good for political participation” (with Clayton Nall, Daniel Carpenter). LSE USAPP blog, November 1, 2017. (op-ed)
2015
“Study: Connections Key to Politicians' Board Prospects”. Agenda (a Financial Times publication), February 9, 2015.
“How and why retired politicians get lucrative appointments on corporate boards” (with Maxwell Palmer). Washington Post (Monkey Cage), February 1, 2015. (op-ed)