Ok, you are on record as bashing the South’s conservatism. A little advice, this is a NON-SEQUITUR.
No, I'm on record as disagreeing with the idiotic claim that the South is the bedrock of conservatism in the U.S. There are far more conservative areas. Areas that have been conservative far longer. And which were voting Republican when the South was still solidly Democrat. Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah. All are far more conservative than Blue States like Virginia and Florida, and even recently Red states like Arkansas and Louisiana and Tennessee. Sorry if the truth hurts, but facts are facts.