I think its very misleading. When I lived in the S most of my neighbors were dems. All of them had guns galore. In fact they made a big deal about ‘out of my cold dead hands’. Yet, they voted dem quite reliably. Their position on guns and voting record didnt make sense. I asked about that and never got a satifactory answer. So, despite the stats I think ground level might be very different.
Nationally they are outnumbered, despite some pockets of resistance...