Creating a Congress that better represents the people

To become or remain a member of the House of Representative you have to win an election in your district. The fact that the people are left with only two choices, the preferred candidate of the two major parties, is bad enough, but in most Congressional districts the people are left with a wide open field of one serious candidate. This is because the districts are drawn in ways intended to ensure that the same party wins every time, hence the person in power gets to draw up districts that are sure to keep them in power as long as they would like to remain in power. However, there is an alternative. In Iowa and Arizona, the border lines of Congressional districts are drawn up using neutral mapmaking rules. This has created a system where a disproportionate number of the competitive Congressional districts are in these two states. If we had this nationwide Congressmen would have to worry about doing what it takes to appease the people and Americans would have a Congress that is closer to the true desires of the American people. Below I have put a link to show the Congressional District map in two states which each have 5 representatives. Notice how the distict borders in Iowa are a much better way of organizing the state in regions whose boudaries make sense.
Iowa Congressional District map
Connecticut Congressional District map