Yes, but sounds like you were a “red stater” at heart BEFORE you got to Texas, and didn’t bring the low information mindset with you.
Sadly too many move - run into just what you ran into - and yet cannot connect the dots from liberal NJ to conservative Texas, etc
I was a liberal until January 25, 1980. That was the day I heard thipose immortal words... “Welcome to Lackland AFB. Now get your lilly white a$$ off the bus and get in line.”