It’s a long road, he said, before the party enjoys that kind of success in Wyoming: Victory requires a long, and consistent, approach.

“I don’t want your caucus to be a phone booth,” he said. “That’s what it currently is. We can improve on that – not just electing state reps, but electing mayors and county representatives. This is what we can do when we invest everywhere.”

Perez pointed to success stories around the country – in school boards all the way to Sen. Doug Jones’ victory for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. But Democrats can’t become a 50-state party, he said, until they begin winning states like Wyoming.

“We can’t afford to lose,” Perez said. “I’m confident we can do it, but we can only do it with your help.”

Perez also believes that his party could emerge victorious from a political landscape that is not only extremely polarized, but is also in the midst of uproarious turmoil. In Wyoming as well as across the country, moderates are increasingly split over a president prone to upending social and moral expectations of a chief executive, while in the Democratic Party, Democrats are increasingly at odds over the future of their party, torn between its progressive wing and its more moderate side.