IMHO Conservatives need to become more like Ronald Reagan to win elections. But, that’s just my opinion.
I’m retired military (US Army, LTC) and my son is a lifer. He’s got 18 years in and is a Sergeant Major (E-9).
The RINO-led GOP has been coopted by the dems. RINOs get elected because they are already like dems. So voting for a GOP candidate will get you a RINO—in most and all of the important positions.
Conservatives can only win—eventually—by creating a political party that mirrors their moral, social and political aspirations. It took the demrat left at least 60 years to get where they are today. Conservatives must be willing to plan, be patient and be persistent. The demrat left has built its current position like a house of cards (deception, disinformation, lies and false promises). These structures are subject to sudden and catastrophic destruction.
Like the Soviet Union’s sudden and catastrophic collapse, an American communist state will suffer the same fate. Human yearning for freedom is too strong to be contained by a bunch of ideologues who will most certainly be forced to resort to torture and summary executiion of its own citizens, gulags and insane asylums to attempt to keep the masses in check.