Keep in mind a lot of Texas Republicans used to be Texas Democrats. Rick Perry for instance.
And Phil Gramm.
I have always been a Republican.
My family were Dems, but NEVER Lefties.
When the ComDems took over the Dem Party in the late 1960’s the shift began. The entire Deep South and Texas are solidly Republican. There are places where low information voters have control in some of the states & especially in the cities.
Rick Perry WAS NEVER a leftie. FACT. I grew up 14 miles from his family, have never met him, he was a few years younger. I know both of his parents. The Perry’s came to this county about 3 years before mine. My family settle here in 1889.