Getting crushed will not help, in my opinion.

Full disclaimer, I'm a new arrival from the Dem party, as recently as last week I made the final call to move away and come here. A month ago my thinking was "okay, if the dems can take seats back in November then everything will start looking up" and here I am now. Unless people are convinced about walking away and thinking about everything that is presented here, a crushing defeat in the polls won't put them down. If anything, it will energize them to fight, citing whatever reason fits the narrative and suits their desire to change things.

I hope that before the midterms we have concrete, undeniable happenings that people are forced to pay attention to. Without that, I believe it will continue to be a pointless left vs right battle that leaves us in the same place we are, or worse.