In 1988...
Algore became a radical leftist after that. He was even pro-life back then. His fellow Dems thought he was too Southern in his politics.
Rick Perry came from a family that had always, always, always been Democrats. I am a born and raised Texan and in this state for much of my young life I barely knew Republicans existed or what they were. I heard that Ike was one, but that was about it. I’m talking Texas. Democrats in Texas might be liberal, but they were a few leftist ideologues...the vast, vast majority of Dems were as conservative as could be.
You need to stop living in the past. Algore changed mightily, and Rick Perry chose the GOP over his family’s history. It took awhile, but it happened.
Time marches on.
Gore voted radical left in '85 thru '88 too.