the reason this has happened to the democrat party is that they want followers not leaders so while there party is still large in numbers anyone with Ideas and leadership potential has been driven out of there party. another problem is that a lot of democrats life styles would not stand up to public scrutiny.
look to the various interest groups that comprise their voters which is where they should be getting local candidates from. A million narrow interests. Those candidates don’t have wide appeal.
““I offered to do more, work-wise, but nobody ever contacted me,” said Loree Resnik, a neighborhood team leader during Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign.”
Very similar to an article from 2008/2012 - when they talked to grass-roots Republicans that had also offered to help McCain/Romney with getting out their word locally.
The phone never rang for them either.