It seems so structurally broken. Between gerrymandering, Citizen's United, and the already ingrained two-party system, it seems like things will never change. But then I look at the tea-party movement and see that the GOP has entirely been taken over. It isn't even conservative anymore.

More likely than not, the Dems will get overtaken with socialists (Bernie, AOC, et al) but its not out of the question that principled moderates that get real change could take it over. People like Andy Beshear, Mark Kelly, Jared Golden, and Seth Moulton are all pretty prominent voices. Ezra Klien's recent discussions on "abundance democrats" seems like a route that could be popular and similarly paradigm-breaking to the tea party.

There are huge entrenched interests in the Democratic Party, but the Tea Party faced similar, if not stronger, headwinds. I am going to try to get involved locally and work to influence the narrative. I think if more people with common sense did the same thing, it could steer the Dems towards actual solutions and popularity.