even in small local elections.
I worked as an independent strategic advisor for a number of conservative candidates who were running in local elections. I was amazed at the wealth of resources that the leftists had at their disposal, even for something as small as township supervisor and school board races.
the bad guys had direct access to moveon strategists who gave them talking points, attack and defense strategies, community activism strategies, disinformation assistance, and even professional posters who would gang-attack the conservative candidates on local FB forums. Everything they did was choreographed for maximum effectiveness. It was like trying to fight Satan, knowing that he has 6,000 years of winning experience to my 50.
the local republicans were too busy fucking each other over because of some idiotic power play of "who was in charge", that they couldn't even remember to remove someone off the R ballot who had swapped allegiances and was now running a joint campaign with the ultra-leftists.
Amazingly we won all but one of the races, but that was in spite of the R party, and solely because of the political makeup of the area. Even so it was far closer than it should have been ...... and more blue state outsiders are moving in every year. Next time we might not be so lucky.