The adage it's always darkest before the dawn I personally think applies. We are in the midst of a shift in political power in this country and because we are living in these times it's difficult for us to look at in this way. However, the results speak for themselves:
2016 - Trump wins, but loses the popular vote by 3 million
2018 - Dems win the house back
2020 - Dems win President, control of Senate, and the House, win Presidential election by 8 million votes
2022- Dems lose House, historical norm, however by the narrowest of measures, since then gerrymandered districts getting crushed in court (which gave Pubs the house via NY)
2024 - ? I'm seeing a trend here.
To me, I think historically speaking Trump will go down in history as the death knell of the modern conservative (or fascist) movement most of us have endured the last 40 or so years. It was a last gasp, and in order for it to work, they had to get every kook and nutjob they could to vote for them; combined a historically bad Dem candidate. Even with all this combined, Trump still lost the popular vote in a major way, and while the electoral vote is what counts, it's still very telling. The percentage numbers for Republicans are getting worse every year, and their real base (not the aforementioned nutjobs) are dying en mass. You don't have to really understand an actuary table to get this. Each individual state will differ, but the general trend holds up.
In so far as women's rights, minority rights, LBGTQ rights are concerned, it's been a worrisome trend, to be sure, people are having their liberty threatened, which disgusts me, and in my opinion should disgust every other American. All the more reason to encourage people to vote. It's all about turnout. It's going to take some time to reverse all the damage caused by the modern conservative movement in the court system, but the only way we can do that is by winning elections, and lots of them, not one singular election. I've got good news, we've been doing that.
In Texas, there is one easy election recruitment strategy, make sure every woman knows that Ted Cruz wants to tell them what they can and can't do with their body. Tie this to his neck like a proverbial noose that it is politically.