I went to college there 50 years ago and I have family members who moved there due to employment. I feel like I’m behind enemy lines whenever I visit.
The state was Dem when I moved here Decades ago but since then the Dems managed to take over some solid GOP counties through land (housing and apartment) development, lots of immigration and section 8.
What we have now is a Balkanized citizenry of sheep who have no trouble with wave of tax increase after tax increase, rule after rule. After all the Great Provider is nearby.
Not a peep of rebellion here that I can tell.