US Presidential Election - Monitoring Swing States

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Shadow1980 said:

"Trumpism" is a losing strategy. The GOP faces a conundrum here. Ardent Trump supporters are still going to be a part of their base going forward. They risk splitting the party's current base if they support policies aimed at appealing to minority voters and esp. Latinos. But if white, nativist conservatives are a shrinking crowd and Latinos an ever-growing demographic, the GOP's long-term survival strategy will hinge on abandoning the ideals of Trump and, consequently, those who are strong Trump supporters. Alternately, they could simply abandon any hope of attaining the White House again and focus on shoring up their current base and attempting to capture as many congresstional seats and state/local governments as they can, though even this may be unsustainable if even white voters become more and more progressive over the coming decades as older conservatives gradually die off.

It seems to me that the scenario you paint would be the best opportunity the country has had in a while to reform the electoral system to allow multi-choice voting schemes, which has only happened in a few places so far.  It would allow the Republicans to "spin off" the self-destructive parts of their base into another party without completely conceding the situation to the Democrats.  But would they be able to do it?  Would the Democrats block reform for the same reason that the Republicans might want it, or would they face sufficient pressure to allow this to happen as well from their own people? 

You seem very well informed about these sorts of topics, so I'd like to hear your thoughts on the possibilities of voting system reform in our country at various levels (national, state, etc.).  I understand Maine is voting on such a system now, though from what little I know about it it's due to everyone hating their governor.