There is no sign that the party actually wants to get off that path. They're doubling down on voting restrictions, gerrymandering, and other shenanigans to maintain electoral advantage while pandering to the extremists......
If every eligible voter in USA always registered and cast their vote, they (rethuglicans) would never win another presidential election. And they know it, hence the above described strategy is used.
They (rethugs) also know much of their base aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer and will eat up the retarded perpetuated narrative of rigged election nonsense.
The fact that this is a very real possibility is a sad testament to the average