Jesse Clark

Jesse Clark is a Research Analyst at FairVote. Before joining the Research Team, Jess studied political science at the University of Adelaide (South Australia) where he earned his Bachelor of Arts – First Class Honours (2013) and PhD (2018). Throughout his studies, Jess demonstrated a passion for electoral and constitutional reform as well as the histories and political development of Anglosphere countries. As an Australian immigrant to the U.S., he is highly knowledgeable about the ‘Washminster mutation’s’ experience with RCV systems, including both proportional (STV) and majoritarian (IRV) varieties. He is also an aspiring novelist. Since 2020, Jess has been conducting research for a book series set in colonial New England, following the Pequot War and Antinomian Controversy. He and his American husband live in Denver, Colorado.