As microscopically-remote as this may seem, would it even work if enacted?
Brief and to the point, as all 'oops-there-goes-my-Kos-virginity' diaries should be:
If all districts were to be redrawn so that the overriding factor was party balance rather than contiguous boundaries (as many districts as close to parity in a state as possible), what do you think the result might be?
Communication and transportation have advanced to the point where completely compact districts are not as necessary as before. I contend that if each district was an even split between Dem, GOP, and Indy, actual ideas might have a better chance of influencing elections, money would flow a bit more evenly (donors having to hedge their bets without "safe" districts for incumbents), and third parties might have a better chance of penetrating.
This would require nonpartisan bean-counter commissions to ensure fair apportionment, of course, and the parties would loathe it with a white-hot passion, but I can dream, can't I?
Assuming a miracle transpired and this came to pass, would it work? What might be the unintended consequences? How might such a system be gamed by pols?