Reply #1: Here is the real problem.

[JoePhilly]

There are what, about 435 House seats ... right?

Each of those oddly shaped districts are different in terms of who lives there. What constitutes a "good dem" or a "good republican" is not uniform across these districts.

As a result, you get Dems that look like Republicans, and Republicans that look like Dems.

The people in those districts have to try and pick the best one they can get. Which means, in a conservative district in Alabama, Nancy Pelosi could never get elected there.

Which means in some instances, you won't get close to that 85% agreement. But you might not get 100% opposition either.

If my choices are 100% strong disagreement, versus 15% agreement, I'm going to take the 15% that I can get.