When a population grows, election ranges need to change. However, the same politicians who draw the boundaries are the same politicians who are up for election, and as a result are incentivised to carve out safe seats for themselves. It is not that the politicians are being malicious, they are just trying to keep their job. However, this redrawing of districts increasingly more republican or democrat has resulted in politicians being afraid to compromise out of fear of losing their job, and this fear of cooperation has resulted in one of the most polarized and least effective congresses in history. This is fixable, not by bipartisan committees, but by either letting math decide (Shortest Splitline,) or voting using MMP, STP, or Party List. Citizens want close elections, not safe elections.
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