Yes, the midterms aren’t done yet, but the candidates are already jockeying into their starting gate positions, so here is a simple suggestion on how to beat Trump or another in 2020.
Presently, it’s a personality show of the 2 top contenders… at the convention they announce their running mate, then hit the road to sell America on their vision. Here is my suggestion:
Announce the entire cabinet at the convention or sometime before the election. Why? You can show the various factions of the big tent that they WILL be represented, their voices will be heard AND they will be more motivated to vote if someone they really like is on the new “ team”.
Example: Whoever is the nominee announces not only the cabinet members, but even new cabinet positions .. for example~ A Secretary of the Environment. ( Al Gore). By naming the cabinet in advance, you lasso all your different pieces of the party into one big unified TEAM that people will be voting on besides the President. If Hillary had done this, with say, making Bernie the Secretary of Health, do you think more of his voters would have gone to the polls? Ditto for the Greens. What if she had said she was going to have a new Secretary of the Environment before the election, and Al Gore was going to head it? Would that have made the environmentalists get to the polls more? I think it would have. Right now, it’s all about the one personality, and if it is in 2020, Trump ( if still there) will have an big advantage. Make HIM appoint his cabinet so the people can vote on the Bozos along with the head of the circus. DeVos. Carson. Etc. Anyone he points would be a major anchor in a general election, ( he only appoints swamp lizards) and would allow the Dems to go after all of them while attacking Trump for choosing real goobers for his team. Then he has to defend them and can’t just deflect. Ditto for any GOP candidate. It is certainly worth a shot. Trump has teflon armor. You need attack him from his flanks...announce the cabinet BEFORE the election, and then make the GOP do the same.