I made that suggestion to some TN Democrats (where the party is now effectively dead except for leftist hipster urban White areas, union thug areas, and low-info VRA areas), and they just shook their heads. They want the party to be even further to the left. Hey, I tried...
Realistically, with only 20% of the white vote, they’ll be in the minority for a long time to come.
They know they need to do better than that to be competitive.
But Southern Democrats are going to the Left because that’s where their last loyal voters are - white urban liberals, single young women, blacks and Latinos. For them, its not so much about regaining their former glory.
Its about survival now.
I grew up in Bama. In the late 60’s, it was easily 65-percent Democrat. The peak was the late 90’s. Today, around urban areas and union guys....they might total 35-percent of the state’s votes. There is such negative enthusiasm about the President and policies taken over the past six years....that the state is locked down. For at least a decade...it’s strong Republican territory and thriving off the Tea Party. You can’t even get a real race at a county commission job, if you say you are Democrat....that’s how bad this whole thing has become.