The manipulation of district boundaries has lead to many legislative seats having a distinct advantage to one political party or the other. This has decreased the number of "swing districts" where either party has an equal chance of winning, and increased the number of "landslide districts" where the voting populace is either 20% more republican or 20% more democratic.
We believe that this unbalance is a large contributor to the lack of cooperation in Congress. If a representative is sure to win re-election solely because of his or her political party affiliation, there is no incentive to compromise or to attempt to represent their constituents in balanced way.
This is a direct cause of the political deadlock that has crippled our legislative process in recent years.
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