I went to Miss State to play baseball in the 1950s.
Have been in Texas for 45 years - Dallas, Houston, Dallas and now, yes, the Austin area. I am in Cedar Park, just to the NW of Austin. I love Texas and especially this area.
Austin is its own liberal enclave but even then there are very few of them, but they are concentrated at the University of Texas and in the media. There they have influence beyond their numbers.
Cheers!