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I would say yes. Their continual sabotage of popular policies and candidates while propping up the right has done immeasurable damage to the credibility of the Democratic party.
Having given ground to the Republican party and still treating them as civilized but misguided allies (Trotting out the Cheneys and politicians like Pelosi saying the US needs a strong Republican party), has left a lot of would-be voters unmotivated and rightfully mistrusting.
When you don't even pretend to give something to your constituents, it makes sense that someone like Trump would succeed. And the Democratic party continues to play ball with him, further legitimizing the notion that this is any way acceptable.