Very illuminating that CB feels it is the Republicans who are obligated to become more like Democrats. But what about the converse of that posit?
Since we're all interested in the Socratic pursuit of truth, perhaps you might also investigate why Hawaiians consistently identify more with big-city liberals in New York and California than the huge swaths of red map that elected Donald Trump? Talk about a mismatch!
Maybe democracy in Hawaii would be better served by the Democrats here admitting that even though they dominate state and local politics, they continue to demonstrate the inability to effectively govern or solve the myriad of problems their world view has foisted on the electorate. The people deserve better than what they have been given. Maybe if the lefties softened their hard line a bit and incorporated a few of the good ideas from the right, the citizens might actually start benefiting from a wiser path...