
The Authoritarian Playbook
How reporters can cover and distinguish threats from politics-as-usual
Policy Advocate
Ben Raderstorf is a policy advocate at Protect Democracy. He helps direct policy and communications work around systemic threats to American democracy. He also contributes to Protect Democracy’s work to rebuild democratic institutions and electoral systems to make them more resilient and sustainable. Before Protect Democracy, Ben was a non-resident fellow and associate at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, where he worked to promote international cooperation and reform efforts strengthening democratic governance and combating corruption across the Americas. Ben received his MPP from the University of California, Berkeley and his BA from Harvard University. His writing has been published in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Foreign Affairs.
How reporters can cover and distinguish threats from politics-as-usual
Ben Raderstorf, a policy advocate at Protect Democracy, a nonprofit group, said the broader concept of fundamental changes to the electoral system was gaining momentum.
“The dam is starting to break,” Raderstorf said, pointing to widespread disappointment among reformers with the results of independent redistricting.
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