To understand our upcoming future, we can look at four categories of "players."  Voters, parties, the state, and "the people."

First, the voters.  They think they are the most important part of the election.  Many of them now have met and gotten to know a bit about the "other" side's voters, and there seems to be a consensus that the Harris voter has only two rules. Rule 1 is DC must be unchanged.  Rule 2 is a woman is always the morally superior choice, so long as she follows Rule 1.  They are frightened people, casting a fear vote to "save democracy."  This is how LBJ was elected, to some extent.