From experience, because of all the Californian invading Texas, I can say there is a pronounced difference between a California conservative and a Texas conservative.
I was looking at the congressional map of Texas the other day. With the exception of the large RAT-run cities, your RATS are all along the Rio Grande, but it looks to me that the line is moving northward, so you will ultimately face the same situation with which we are faced here. California's Central Valley (excepting the weather) is very much like rural Texas. I know because I almost took a job in Graham, TX so I've seen both places. And I would suggest that the people who populate those areas are conservative. That's the area that wants to secede. I guess my point is that you in Texas had better take a look around, because what's already happened here in CA will be Texas before very many more years. I think some Texans are refusing to see what's happening, and people are moving to Texas because they think it hasn't/won't happen there. Time will tell, but I'm not betting on your survival.