Well the Whiggs party died during the run up to the last Civil War. Do the Dems crater as a political party in the run up to CW2, or is it the GOP never Trump crowd as GOP dies and becomes a nationalist type of group
Democrats are not going to die...
They just are in a position where, if the Republican party actually LEARNS from Trump, that they will not win the White House for quite a while.
Democrats have VERY DEEP support, but its in limited geography.
Lots of urban districts and states, Dems get 80% support... but once you get outside the Urban coastal centers, the typical situation is about 45% will vote D, 55% will vote GOP... in a default election.
So they have lots of DEPTH but very little breadth. They are not in any sort of death spiral.
The biggest problem though, is that TRUMP’s BASE is NOT the GOP BASE... and the establishment GOP does not seem to be learning from TRUMP... IF they go back to business as usual once Trump finishes his second term, the GOP will continue to struggle.
As long as their money men are pushing for globalism, and free trade and never ending wars all over the globe... The Trump base that is not part of the GOP base, will go back to staying home...
I personally am VERY concerned that the GOP is just biding its time until Trump is gone to go back to business as usual, instead of setting itself up as the dominant party (at least for the White House) for a good long while.