I don’t think progressives and voters of color can “take over the Democratic Party”. I think the two party American system is doomed, and the two parties are so codependent and intertwined that neither could exist without the other, so they both have to be disbanded. My theory of electoral-political change is:
1. Compulsory voting for all state and national elections, and compensation for voting in local elections, with mail
In voting + local ballot boxes + a national voting holiday.
2. Creation of Independent National Department of Elections - disbandment of electoral college.
3. One year of publicly funded primary campaigning - Compulsory National Open Primary Election (ranked choice) 1 year before Election. - One year of federal election campaigning before election
2. All Government Races are ranked choice.
3. All national/state/local campaign financing is public-federally provided, illegal to accept outside funding or use personal funds
4. Mandated political retirement age of 75, no candidate eligible if their term would last beyond 75.
5. 3 Term limit for all congressional
seats (5 year terms) and POTUS (5 year terms) - 20 year term limit for Supreme Court, Federal Judges, and State Supreme Courts
6. Congress, POTUS, Supreme Court, White House appointed roles all legally forbidden from personal stock investment or personally profiting from company ownership or tax manipulation.
7. Puerto Rico & Hawaii both given referendums for independence or statehood, Washington DC granted statehood, California divided into 2 states: North & South.
8. Reform of House Representation based on population so that current census population directly corresponds with house representation.
8. All non-US citizens with 10 years of continuous residency documentation eligible to vote