there is a thought, (which goes both ways) that a lot of dim voters in the south are longtime residents who were dims in the 60s/70s then starting voting Republican but never changed their affiliation...i have no way of proving how this may relate to mail in voting and just throwing it out there...
Awful lot of people voting Dem, because their Dad, and Grand-dad, and G-Grand-dad did, too. Even though the current crop of Dems has little to do with the Democrats of the early 20th century.
I'd characterize her as a Southern Democrat. Probably, she has more in common with current Republicans than I do. However, she still thinks that FDR and Kennedy are running the party, and Jimmy Carter was a brilliant man. Sad.
Funny, she introduced me to one of her friends, the last time I visited. "This is so-and-so. She's a Republican, too!!". Like we all know each other by a secret handshake, or something. After she flounced away, her friend and I shared a chuckle over it.