Not just CA citizens, but people are moving here from many states. I just hope they leave their liberal leanings where they come from. We have some new conservative neighbors from Nebraska.
This tee-hugging, atheist leftist from Nashua, NH has been here in God's Country (as a result of a transfer in his high-tech job) since the mid-90s and long embraced the New England liberal values of his raising. But a gradual change happened even in this guy.
Why? His high school age daughter is a cheerleader in the good tradition of young Texans. She speaks with an appealing Southern accent in contrast to her dad's (still) clipped nasal Yankee tone. And, best of all, she's Conservative and goes to a solidly Christian church! I really think she's making some headway since her dad recently (back in March) put up a flagpole on the porch with both Old Glory and the Texas flag. Well, he finally did remove that silly COEXIST bumper sticker from his car.
The rest of story is that a bunch of us got to talking with him and his family after a high school football game a couple of weeks ago. The fact that he started going to that Texas tradition of Friday night lights was the first clue of a transformation. As we chatted, he revealed that all of his hopes had been dashed by the failures of Obama, most recently the fumblings involving Syria. But the shocker came when this Yankee liberal stated that he has respect for Ted Cruz and added, "...he's what this country needs."
I really don't think he was just pandering to us. Instead, the influence of his Christian Conservative daughter has incrementally been chipping away at his long-entrenched liberalism. And the ascent of the dynamic, brilliant Ted Cruz is making even longtime liberals such as this guy come to terms with reality.