@aisyna – Please understand, I am a Texan, and of the cities you mention only Austin (as in “Keep Austin Weird”) is truly liberal. In fact, it’s city council is very similar to that of Berkeley, California, and is a whole bunch of fun to listen to when the meetings are broadcast on radio. It’s personed (not manned, that just wouldn’t be right) with lots of wealthy tree-huggers and fans of underground salamanders (don’t get me wrong, I’m a tree-hugger, too, but not a wealthy one, and not one crazy enough to run for office).
As soon as you get across the line to Williamson County, bam! it’s conservative again. Houston, San Antonio and Dallas are quite conservative also. Fort Worth is a little bit more liberal than Dallas because of the arts scene, but trust me, it ain’t a liberal town.
Down where I live a Republican usually doesn’t have a chance to be elected. It’s all Democrats, but it’s all conservative Democrats. Obama won here in part because he is a Democrat but in large part because, while not Hispanic, he isn’t White.
Obama notwithstanding, Texas is not liberal and “hippies” still get their heads shaved by good ol’ boys.