We didn't willingly give it away. The conservatives have been committing voter fraud and voting fraud my entire life. They've been illegally removing registers voters from the roles, and gerrymandering to hell and gone, for over 50 years.
I've personally seen my family fight tooth and nail to try to slow down the right wing authoritarian brain rot for over 40 years, and I'm unable to say that we were very successful.
We are fighting the richest, most powerful people on the planet. I'm afraid it may take multiple people successfully assassinating authoritarian billionaire media moguls before the ultra-rich even bother to take notice of the rest of us.