"Also, it's worth noting that the last party to be told that they needed to reverse course was the GOP after Romney, they doubled down, and won."

The Trump-era GOP has been perceived as more *moderate* than the Romney-era GOP, actually. Why? It was seen as less economically right-wing (more skeptical of free trade, and Trump explicitly promised to not cut Social Security and Medicare, something that sank Bush in his 2nd term as well as McCain/Romney), less hawkish in foreign policy, and less religious-coded.