currently impossible as the people that can actually bridge consensus are vilified as not being aligned to a party or excusing the actions of a particular party

currently impossible as the people that can actually bridge consensus are vilified as not being aligned to a party or excusing the actions of a particular party solely by not adding power to the other party partisans are loud but they are not winning friends and influencing people, the parties are only losing supporters, it just takes more people to realize that they aren't alone as independents are the largest bloc now but have no representation to notice reminder for anyone passing by, everyone knows how the parties are different, it is still valid to be more annoyed by the ways they are the same