However, we Democrats in Oregon don't do so. Districts with reasonably drawn boundaries elect Republicans to office. Districts with reasonably drawn boundaries elect Democrats to office. The situation in Oregon is that Republican areas are sparsely populated while Democratic areas are heavily populated. In our case we have few disenfranchised voters owing to gerrymandering, thus we have close to proportional representation. In the South, if districts were drawn impartially, Democrats and black people would be much better represented. The same is true in the Rust Belt. When you get to the plains states, they are very sparsely populated, very white, and very Republican. Nothing will change Kansas or Nebraska.