[DesScorp]

"See post 36, and you are overlooking that Texas is something that California has never been, conservative."

Don't kid yourself. California used to be very conservative. The whole Reagan Administration came from California, where he was governor twice. San Francisco used to have Republican mayors before the 70's.

Texas is in a catch 22: the more they bring in industry, the more liberals it will attract. The more Hispanics, especially illegals, move into Texas, the greater the demand for government checks and services will be. The end of Texas is as inevitable as the end of California.

[ansel12]

California has been republican, but it was never right wing and seriously Christian.

Texas is has been and is, both.

That is why the left could so easily absorb California, and why Texas is so tough in the face of liberalism.