I understand your sentiment but it just isn't so. The armed conflict that became the Rev war began in New England which now is just a little behind Oregon in liberal insanity. Society changes and people's social and political views change. In your own state, Houston, the city named for the former President of the Republic of Texas, is a hotbed of liberalism, as is Austin and a number of other big cities. It seems to me to be more a battle between rural and city. I hate the politics here in Va because it is ruled by the liberals in the NE part of the state. Local politics here in the southwest of the state are solidly conservative, although we do have some snowflakes. The same is true of Illinois where I have a number of friends that live down state from the Chicago area.