You point out how the demographics are very complex in this divide. It really isn’t state vs state but city vs suburbs/rural in some cases or city/suburbs vs rural in other cases. Even Texas, you would have the Dallas core of liberals vs the rest of the state.
“Even Texas, you would have the Dallas core of liberals vs the rest of the state.”
It appears that San Antonio, Waco, Houston, and, of course, Austin, are also in the crapper.