False. Government by its nature is political. You cannot separate the two.
Quite right, and that is why, in some countries (with the US being a notable exception), the government has made the political decision to set up "redistricting" processes which specifically exclude the participation of political partisans (
especially elected representatives) and which are run by persons with sound academic credentials whose sole duty is to follow logical criteria and ensure that each electoral district represents approximately the same number of people.
It is also why, in some countries (with the US being a notable exception), the government has made the political decision to set up "electoral commissions" which specifically exclude the participation of political partisans (
especially elected representatives) and are run by persons with sound (and uniform) training whose sole duty is to ensure that all elections are "free, fair, open, and honest" elections.
It is also why, in some countries (with the US being a notable exception), the government has made the political decision to establish voter qualification and identification rules which are specifically set up so as to ensure that the largest number of potentially eligible voters are actually eligible to vote and that the largest number of eligible voters have easy access to acceptable forms of voter ID, and that the process for a voter changing their voter registration is as simple as possible.
It is also why, in some countries (with the US being a notable exception), the general electorate is quite prepared to make the political decision to "Throw The Bums Out" if the elected representatives change any of the above.
However, there are some countries (with the US
NOT being a notable exception) where the elected representatives AND the populace accepts widespread gerrymandering, electoral manipulation and voter suppression as, not only the norm but as desirable (provided that it is "OUR Guys" that get to do it).
PS - You do realize that the whole world doesn't run the same way that the US does and that there are countries that have a political party distinction that is actually more marked than that between "The
MORE Reactionary Wing of the American Oligarchic Capitalist Party (DBA ‘The Republican Party’)" and "The
LESS Reactionary Wing of the American Oligarchic Capitalist Party (DBA ‘The Democratic Party’)", don't you?