I live in Tennessee, which is a lost cause so far as “helping”, but we have manned phone banks which work in nearby states where there is a chance of changing the outcome (notably North Carolina and Virginia). Going door to door in Tennessee is a waste of effort, sadly. It is solid, rock red Republican here.

Same story here in Utah.

When I first came to Utah in 1970s the state had a Democratic senator, a Democratic representative and a bit later in 1976 a Democratic governor. Now the state is a deep red and very Trumpy. The Republicans have done a stellar job of gerrymandering districts and the Mormon Church has a great deal of influence in steering its adherents to the right. The gerrymandering is the most egregious way that the right maintains its stranglehold.

There is some comfort in the fact that some of the worst Republicans lost their primary races this year.

Right now the state senate has 23 Republicans and 6 Democrats. The state house has 60 Republicans and 14 Democrats. You can imagine the kind of bills that get passed by this legislature every year.