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Not too far off the mark, maybe not Jill Stein, who is too flaky and radical. Since the McGovern debacle, the Democrats have won with a seemingly moderate Presidential candidate: Carter, Bill Clinton, Obama. All were liberals, and in the case of Obama, radical. However, they all benefited from weak Republican candidates. If they want to win, they should recruit Kasich, who will be 68 in 2020, close to Trump and Hillary's ages last year. Kamala Harris, a double minority and a fire eating leftist, could hold the VP slot. She will be 56 in 2020, and a possible candidate in 2024 or 2028. Trump's support in the “collar” suburban counties in the South, Midwest, and West was weaker than what Romney or McCain received. Cutting the winning margins or even flipping a few of them could cause Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and even Missouri to go Democrat due to Kasich’s appeal to RINOs.

Trump's support in the “collar” suburban counties

That is the DC beltway dogma that is completely missing the facts. The GOP Senatorial candidates in Nov 2016 won those areas easily. What happened is the GOP-E #Never Trump moment did keep a good % of GOPE Traditional voters from voting for Trump. After a successful 4 year term as President those voters will come back to Trump after seeing he is not the "Liberal in GOP clothing" the #Never Trumpers spent so much time and effort trying to paint him as being.