Idk if its just been my games, but the APLA just destroys the other major factions, I have even gone as far as cheating and killing about 70% of their units so that Trump has about 6x the units and fielded manpower with no Eastern threat and they still have no problem continuously advancing. The Patriot front is kinda strong too but I've seen them be contained by both Trump or Biden, but since the most recent update I've done 2 French playthroughs, a China and a Japan one and every time the APLA has no issue cleaning up the states after their initial struggles against the military remnants in Nevada and Idaho. It doesnt matter who is winning the East as I've seen all three major players start to win the East only for the APLA to steamroll them.