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Well, you don't know the Republicans I know. I'm a precinct committeeman and member of Tucson Reublican Women, and the Republicans I know are people who love our country, our freedoms, and are very generous to those less fortunate, and I resent your characterization. Maybe you should get out more.

Tucson might be different.
The Republicans I know in northern Arizona have all the qualities you mention, but their concept of being generous to the less fortunate goes as far as writing a check for the (insert name here) charity.
I had the pleasure of watching a friend mentor what was an illegal who became legal, by personally explaining our Constitution, Berry Goldwater, Ayn Rand, etc. Now Rafael is right there with William Buckley and Tom Sowell.
That was a rare exception. Rafael's kids got the usual crap in college, and now they're Democrats.
But when it comes to personally walking, the young Democrats are more potent than Repubs.
Here's one (one sample doesn't mean diddly, but) when Matt Salmon announced in Prescott, the crowd was mostly button down and wearing ties. Nice cars. Meanwhile, at a popular Mexican restaurant, while the guys in tee shirts and caps were watching soccer from South America, two kids from Prescott University were distributing brochures on how-to-get welfare, how-to register to vote, and profiles of local (very left) candidates.
Another: at the country fair, the Young Republicans booth was next to the Massage Therapy company. The Young Democrats were in the livestock barns.
Soooo, that's why the percentage of Republican voters in Yavapai County is certainly not growing as fast as Democrats. The Republicans market to those likey to be already on board, while the Democrats are out there hustling new voters.
Unfortunately, the fine attributes you mention aren't alone cutting it.

good answer! cheers from Tx.