The hardest part is building a movement that will change these lifelong Republican members to Progressive members. With a leader that already gave them change and positive results for them.
Lifelong Rethugs ain’t really the focus, the swing voters are. I would focus on those voters whom the progressive agenda would appeal to. So like Appalachia, the Midwest states like Michigan and Wisconsin. There should also be a very strong focus on southern Blacks as they are another group that would greatly benefit from progressive policies. Both would be challenges of course, but I think they’d be very possible.