A couple of weeks ago my correspondent continued our discussion of drawing voting districts:
I guess I don’t have much trouble with just imposing districts of approximate geographical travel time on people. If they’re highly partisan, too damn bad. Maybe it’s time they learned the fine arts of cooperation and compromise? Seriously, partisanship is ruining our country.
And perhaps that’s the best sentiment for an imperfect world. I simply wonder how much a representative in a party-bound state can actually represent members of the other party in her district, particularly in an era of corrosive team politics. It all leads me to wonder if approaches not based on geography would be more appropriate.
