I think you should move to Canada. It's implemented liberal policies the US Democrats can only dream of, and it's northerly location will be advantageous as climate change progresses.
Polarization has really fried peoples' brains.
It is not symmetrical. It is pure power grab by wing who is also trying to dismantle democratic system itself.
IMHO, the issue is polarization. In large part, it's prevented the pro-democracy groups from prioritizing their issues to actually successfully defend democracy, and kept them trapped in the same old partisan modes. The result? Stuff like Democrats literally spending tons of money to support extremist election-denier Republicans, because they think they'll be easier to beat later (I suppose like Donald Trump was?).
The issue is that the left was taken over by monied interests who pitted social issues against class issues.
First past the past voting meant voting for the wolf in sheepskin or the leapord
Do you mean "centrism" or "bipartisan-ism," because they're different and it's mainly the latter that would have the problem you seem to be describing.
Whatever we have now is basically the partisan equivalent of hoping you can have your cake and eat it too.