Texas is red (rural and suburban) with big dots of blue (urban).
If worse comes to worst, Texans will be fighting ourselves first.
If worse comes to worst, Texans will be fighting ourselves first.
Blue states are states where the big dots of blue are big enough to outweigh the rural red. The only major difference between Indiana and Illinois is Chicago.
Isn't every state including California? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...
The only thing unique about CA here is the coast line, which is just a proxy for dense population.
As I believe were many southern states at that time, but certainly not because they were at all "liberal", either by the standards of then or now.
Both parties have changed so much since then that it's a weak comparison at best.