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This is caused by Gerrymandering and antidemocratic voter suppression. But Republicans don't want to fix those issues because they'd be a regional party overnight limited to just the south.
This is something both parties are guilty of. Neither is all that interested in fixing it until they're the victims of it.
This doesn't get fixed with a two party system.
Ah yes, those vote suppressing Democrats...
I do think there needs to be a dissolution of the parties, but accusing both sides of being the same is not valid nor useful in the state (lol, country?) that we currently live in.
I'm not saying both sides are the same. I'm accusing two different political parties of employing the same shitty tactics, which they most definitely are.
Is one party more guilty of it? Sure. But denying that the Democrats are gerrymandering is delusional.
Oregon's 2021 congressional map received an F from the gerrymandering project for giving one party a significant advantage.
https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=rec6qj1vAOKsBnXnu
Drawn and enacted exclusively by Democrats.
Don't lie to yourself. They're still fucking politicians.
Please show me a better map for Oregon districts
There are several available at the link I shared. It might be more than one click but, because you're presumably able to read, a big smart guy like you should have no trouble finding them.
So you don't have one
Seriously, just click the fucking link and look around, there are multiple proposals for better maps.
I also couldn't find a better map on that link. The state itself is strikingly partisan, and I can't imagine a map that wouldn't reflect that. That could just be my lack of imagination though.
All governments are run by politicians, by definition. Are you in favor of an anarchist power vacuum that will instantly attract people wanting to set up their own terrible governments?