That's not my experience or expectation. There's plenty of Dems who have good morals and believe in limited government. They were just fooled into thinking the Democrat Party was in favor of that.

Once they wake up, you probably can't get them to instantly become Republicans, but you can get them to support Populist platform and vote against the Dems.

If getting rid of partisan politics and a bilateral party system doesn't happen, the cycle will repeat. The way forward is to go back to localization and we can use their voice in the court of public opinion, if not the ballot box.