“Today it would be a conservative state.”
As now part of Italy, it’s only conservative until their Socialized Medicine, and extremely costly pension programs.
Add to that, Italy’s high Abortion Rate.
Not all that conservative.
Sicily is a place where traditions are respected and what we call "conservative values" are very much in effect; Family, God, Country.
Respect for elders is strong, the churches are well attended on Sundays and holidays, street crime, except for in a few areas in Palermo, is virtually non-existent. I'm not exaggerating when I say that a five year old child could wander the streets in any village here and be safe at any hour.
Here's a personal story that pretty much sums things up: A few years ago, my wife's crazy daughter was visiting and had a date with a young Sicilian man here. On the date she apparently got pretty liquored up. A few hours later, my bell rang - it was her date and his friends, who had walked her drunk ass home like gentlemen. No one took advantage of her. I can't say it would have ended that way if this had happened in most places in the 'States.
Sicilians love freedom - they deal with the corrupt Italian bureaucracy by quietly getting around it any way they can. And they are immensely creative when it comes to ignoring or subverting unjust rules and unjust laws.
Leftist agendas here? Crazy bullshit like transgender story hour, 267 genders, BLM and the like? No freakin' way - anyone who dared push crap like that would get a serious talking to and then run out of town.