If only all these absolutely non partisan ''good government'' people were lobbying for redistricting commissions in places like Maryland or Illinois
I don't believe either one has voter-initiated referendums.
Well, they could try in Oregon then
Oregon already has pretty strict laws governing redistricting.
A Oregon fair map would be : 2 Safe D CDs, 1 Likely D CD, 1 Likely R CD and 1 Safe R CD
The current Oregon map is 2 Safe D, 2 Swing, 1 Safe R. It's just that Republicans completely suck at winning the two swing districts.
OR-4 was probably borderline Likely D at the beginning of the decade, but that's because back then southwest OR was much more dem back then and the district was legit (not gerrymandered). OR-4 is probably as plain of a district you can draw given state laws.