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Congressional districts are divided among states based on the census, and then become the count of electoral votes, which in turn award the presidency. So they have a lot to do with presidential elections.
I don’t know where you’re getting your data but the only rigorous analysis I’ve ever seen of political polarization is based on DW-NOMINATE scores, and it does indeed confirm that it’s the right wing that’s been drifting right.
Link: https://goodauthority.org/news/polarization-is-real-and-asymmetric/