New polls/analysis show weakened GOP brand going into the GE and beyond

[hopper]

If the Republicans want to take back the White House anytime soon, they need to develop a moderate DLC-style wing in their party that breaks with traditional GOP thinking on some issues while still remaining identifiably right-of-center.  I think it was Al Gore who said something like "the ideas of the 30's won't solve the problems of the 90's."  There needs to be someone in the GOP who will say that the ideas of the 80's won't solve the problems of the 10's and beyond.  Reagan nostalgia will only get you so far when your identity to most people under 35 or so is the party of George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz. 

Yeah but the problem is Republicans think the demography of the country is currently in 1985. That's the problem. Just listen to Conservative Talk Radio they think the country demographically  is the same one that they graduated High School in the 1970s or 1980's. I graduated HS in 1998 and the Hispanic Population has grown from 12% then to 19% currently. That's a sizeable change in an 18 year span.

[hopper]

Here's what Republicans really need to do:
Shift towards the center
Heavily town down on LGBT-related issues
Use less extreme, less hateful rhetoric
Stay harsh on crime and pro-security, but tone down
Do NOT alienate large groups of the population
Campaign on fiscal responsibility

This is what they need to win again.

The only thing I agree with number 3 and 5 in combination on your list especially their rhetoric aimed at Hispanics. Hispanics take that very personally when you say something bad about them.

[hopper]

There is very little evidence that the GOP is losng because they don't attract independent/moderate voters.

Democrats are just beating them at turning out the base.

Also, there is not an ounce of evidence that moderate republicans do any better with blacks barring a disastrous dem candidate.

No base turn out is not them problems its that Dems had a significant lead in party id in both 2008 and 2012 per "gallup party affiliation stats". The Dems only had a 3 and 6 point lead on 2010 and 2014 election days respectively in Party id according to gallup data.