They don't have to do that anymore.
NY, CA, IL, NJ, and MD just need to keep the GOP candidate off the ballot.
For a long time I have had the opinion that the Left is pushing a two-prong approach —
1) If they can elect Socialists, that’s swell. They can make laws for free health care and free college, and high minimum wage and all of that. It will destroy this country (Cloward-Piven) and that’s what they are going for. So, electoral success certainly helps them.
2) If they can’t win elections, but can push normal people over the edge, they will spark a Civil War. Their current policies are abhorrent and not likely to win popular support — but they still fray the fabric of our society. Our social contract is at risk. This will also destroy our country, even if the Socialists don’t have much success in elections.
Winning elections is a slow approach.
I think most on the Left would actually welcome Civil War as a quick way to destroy a country they hate. They don’t have to win the war, you know. They just need to destroy the country.