the GOP has been trekking left for a generation or two and the past is only reaching back to 1992-96 and the fundamentals of how it was done have not changed at all. its boots on the ground doing all the little chores of party politics every day. if you have the numbers you control the district, control enough districts and and you control the region etc. No magic and no stopping.takes a few years and numbers and discipline. it does not take money, in fact there is no amount of money that can stop it.