For every ID/WY/SD/NM there are HI/RI/DE/NM. All these plains and mountain states added in the 19th century all had dem senators up until a few years ago. Dems need to run better candidates
Agreed, but the second group of states with the exception of HI has a much weaker partisan lean than the first group of states. The national party would need to change if Democrats were to seriously compete for Senate seats in ID, SD and WY (NM seems to have cropped up twice 
) - a good candidate/campaign alone would not be enough for those titanium R places at the federal level.
Whoops I meant ND - I agree that it’s much harder for candidates to dissociate from the national party in these federal races. I think the solution is just blowing the filibuster, Dems should be able to get 51. These other solutions of splitting CA or admitting DC are just not realistic imo
