Bill Clinton wasn’t a culture warrior–far from it. Instead of defunding the police, he gave them more money. He signed, with considerable fanfare, a GOP bill cutting welfare, and enforced, with gusto, the death penalty in Arkansas. He supported a crime bill that disproportionately, and unfairly, impacted black people. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” was his idea. He attacked the left wing of the Democratic Party. And, above all, he won elections with some support in the South and rural areas, even though his considerable personal shortcomings were hardly a state secret.
The Democratic Party could use him as a template for winning future elections. Moving to the right on culture war issues is a plausible solution to its federalism and gerrymandering problems. Will it happen? Probably not, because the Democrats have moved well to the left since his presidency, and because Clinton is viewed as a relic and a failure today. Still, if you are grasping for a different electoral model with a history of success, you could do much worse.