Kind of depends if you believe that representation depends on people vs party. The party apparatus is controlled in a not-particularly democratic way, which str

Kind of depends if you believe that representation depends on people vs party. The party apparatus is controlled in a not-particularly democratic way, which strongly affects who gets on the ballot, and historically it was possible to win a major election with about 2% of the population of the district voting for you. There was another proposal a few years ago to make local elections non-partisan. Random ballot elections are the most representative.