Democrats have only themselves to blame if they lose to "defund the police"

[George II]

160. Max Rose is in a deep red District that has gone to the republicans almost every election....

....going back decades (including the "old" NY-13 Staten Island District, NY-11 was redistricted in 2012).

trump won in Rose's District by 10% in both 2016 and 2020.

Rose was a long shot in 2018, and regardless of "defund the police" or not, he probably would have lost in 2020 anyway.

Nor did "defund the police" have anything to do with Stansbury's victory - NM-01 has been a deep blue District for a long time - it's been won by the Democratic candidate in the last seven elections plus the special election and going back to 2000 here are the Presidential results, the last four Democratic blowouts.

2000 President Gore 48 - 47%
2004 President Kerry 51 - 48%
2008 President Obama 60 - 40%
2012 President Obama 55 - 40%
2016 President Clinton 52 - 35%
2020 President Biden 60 - 37%

You've taken two extreme Districts to prove your point. You can't take two districts like these and use just one issue to prove that the issue was what won or lost the most recent election. There are a lot of other issues involved in these two districts.

It would be better to look at closer, purple or swing districts. I think your conclusion might be much different.