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Whether it is a result of gerrymandering or by chance, districts will usually not be split 50/50. Let's say, over time, without gerrymandering, a district becomes heavily one side or the other, is that good for democracy? Should we do away with districts, do away with the closest we come to local government?
What this gerrymandering is about is voters being ignorant. Voting should be about a well informed electorate, an electorate that first is firmly grounded in the principles of government. Most voters are neither well informed nor grounded in governmental principals. So are prey to party propaganda by those seeking power. Once that pattern is established, there is not much left that can be good for democracy.
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