Democrats Held Off the GOP in Legislative Races This Year, Again Bucking Expectations

Polls and news articles keep coming out saying that very thing, but proof keeps showing otherwise. Real voting numbers show the opposite. Democrats are showing increasing support.

Republican PR is working overtime right now, and they have a lot of pull. Don't fall for the doom and gloom narrative.

Also, don't ever become apathetic.

I hate to disappoint you, but US politics come with a number of intricacies that make it such that "not failing too hard" is a success. The fact is that across the 50 different state election system, the set of seats going to election are different each year without apparent pattern.

Mix in our good fellow Jerry Mandarin to twist the democratic process to your favour, the Democrat party not putting forward campaigns and resources in races they feel they already lost and you are set up for the facist party to take over. If most seats up for grabs are expected to lean conservative, then even small losses can be huge accomplishments (+5 gain nationally it sounds like)