Fact is, there are some few Democrats in Texas (that is where Elbeejay came from, you know), and while they are in pretty much of an eclipse now, they are still lurking in places like Austin and in various pockets up and down the Rio Grande and isolated enclaves elsewhere. But almost overwhelmingly, in the suburban and rural Texas precincts, the state is red-state conservative, not merely Republican.
A good start for the rest of America, we can build on that.
We have to. Now.