Bullsh*t. You newbies can thump your chests all you want and continue the great southron myth machine if you like. But if you look at the history you will find mine own state of Kansas was Republican when y'all were solidly Democrat.
The fact remains, non-seq, that the single most conservative major party nominee in the 20th century was Barry Goldwater in 64. Six states voted for him and they were all former parts of the old CSA. The true measure of a state's conservatism is not what it does in routine years where moderate RINOs like Gerald Ford are running but rather what it does when the going gets tough. 64 was one of those years and only the south passed the test.