“The Majority of Ca are good conservative folks, but the citys are a scourge politically. Same in Tx.”
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! Us “country folks” are self-sufficient, but not so the city dwellers. But Texans need to beware of the cities and what they and their “leaders” will try to exact from the rest of us. California was a wonderful place for years, but gradually the cities gained power ( and they were “helped” by the SCOTUS “one man, one vote” ruling), and now here LA and SF control the whole state. So too will Houston (queer mayor), Dallas, and San Antonio (Commie Mexican mayor) ultimately control Texas unless you figure out a way to blunt their efforts. Lots of Freepers like to crap on California, but they are fools if they think that they can move away from the problem of creeping Socialism and not have it catch them (or more probably, their children). I guess we can thank God that these people were not in the majority when the country was in it’s formative years, because with their thinking, there would not likely have ever been an America in the first place. In reality, they are little different than those they hate because they are unwilling to confront the problem that we, as a nation have today.
Even in cities, the “city” and surrounding areas are not always the same. The Houston city limit is drawn in a very erratic way to avoid bringing conservative voters inside the city limits.
California was seen as liberal, even in the 1960s even though republicans were doing fine, it was never a very conservative state.
California was never known for being social conservative.