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I think your question is misguided. Democracy doesn't mean a two-party system race to the bottom. Democracy can see democratically elected politicians that better resonate with each individual voter by eliminating first past the post voting and using ranked choice voting instead. The problem isn't that "half the country disagrees". You can't please everyone. The problem is that we've been divided and weaponized against each other, so the tribalism keeps us from finding common ground we may have. I doubt anyone votes FOR a candidate anymore. They seem to just vote AGAINST another candidate. Democracy works. It's our implementation of it that's failing.
Time to prune the Tree of Liberty
Working hard to put people before Party - https://represent.us/
Ranked choice voting isn't a game changer. Almost every problem in US politics can be traced back to the hundred year old cap on the size of the house of representatives.
The system has more than one critical flaw.
Not institutionalized lobbiests and corruption?
By having more reps their power is diffused, and a single lobbyist can't meet meaningfully with twice the members they are now. The increased size would make lobbying more expensive and put a higher demand on campaign contributions, which is another expense. It also changes district size, which is important because a company may need more locations to have a meaningful impact on those districts.
While it's possible the percentage of corrupt representatives stays the same, the increase in absolute number should make it easier to expose some of them. This could serve as a small check on corruption.
The biggest thing is that it's more than twice as hard to get 20 people in agreement than 10.