What did Democratic primary voters across the country say in key races Tuesday night? Mostly that their enthusiasm has not flagged, despite some polling evidence to the contrary, and that the party’s much-discussed big leap to the left is going to have to wait awhile.

For anyone watching the results through the lens of control of the House of Representatives next year — which, for Democrats, is the obvious key metric — the party appears to have come out of Tuesday night unscarred. This is because as I write, it looks as if the Democrats were not shut out in any of the seven California congressional districts where they have hopes of picking up a Republican seat.

California’s voters adopted the “jungle primary” system in 2010, an idea backed by the Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor at the time, under which all candidates run in one big primary and the top two finishers compete in November regardless of party. The goal was to elect more moderates, which has happened in some cases, although scholars point to other reasons for this.

But this year in certain districts, Democratic contenders crowded the field. In one district, for example, six Democrats were chasing the Democratic vote, while only two Republicans were splitting the right-leaning vote. Heading into Tuesday, Democratic operatives feared their candidates might be shut out of the November election in as many as four districts.