“Texas just got bluer.”
Not necessarily. Oil workers tend to be conservative.
Almost 100% of the people I have met here in Texas who moved here from California are conservative. THAT is WHY they are moving here. The only ones I don’t know if they are conservatives are the ones I didn’t ask! They are escaping the bad part of California politics, etc. They want Texas freedom and no state income tax. And many are getting involved in conservative LOCAL politics like school boards...