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They don't have the numbers. 19 states have majority Democrat Senate and Houses, and they need 66% of state legislatures to call one. They would only need two more states, but there's several problems with that. For one, not every Republican is on board, and the more moderate ones know how destabilizing it would be for moneyed interests. There's also a great chance it would plunge us into a civil war, and there's no guarantee that ends well for them. I think it's likely to be the opposite.
They're unlikely to even get to that point however because consolidating power in existing red states is actually counterproductive. They ensure a state that they already have will remain theirs, at the expense of chasing people out to other states, including swing states, who will be incredibly angry against their party. Plus, you have Republicans in these states moving to the red states as conservative havens. The net effect, states that aren't solid red are going to get more Democrat voters, and they're already struggling with a dwindling Republican voter base.
Knock on wood I'm right and this isn't just baseless optimism