Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
No. Democrats will accomplish that.I agree. Putin-style - or Erdogan-style - elections, that keeps a ruling Republican party in power, seems the most likely route, accompanied by massive distrust and cynicism about the election system that keeps voter turnout low. A less likely outcome is that Democrats win the next election, whereupon the civil war option would be triggered, by Republicans refusing to accept the result.
Either way, US genuine democracy is likely to end, brought down, ironically, by the party of Abraham Lincoln.