...while there is some of that (naturally), are also more giving than you'd imagine if you give them half a chance.
Come in with the idea you're right on everything and you'll hate these states. Assume you're right on a lot, wrong on some, and be willing to fight for either and you'll be welcomed by conservative church-goers and fellow liberals alike. We're on the poor end of the spectrum generically speaking, and solidarity on the oddest things is more part-and-parcel than one imagines. Oh...and most of us don't know, nor care, who our 'representative' is. A very small % elect them, and few people care what the latest thing they've said is (a fact which frustrates me to no end sometimes!).
This is the small-to-medium town red state perspective; capital cities and whatnot are a bit more divisive, more politically inclined (slightly), and so on. For instance, my region is well under 100,000, with a lot of small isolated 3-4,000 people communities. Good luck, hang in there, and remember that no matter how obnoxious the neighbor, someone near you still makes a sugar cream pie that those blue state coast'ers would kill for! 
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