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human
ELI5: Why are the warm states seemingly the ones that are more socially conservative?

except for California, it seems that the states that have warm weather are also the ones that tend to be more socially conservative (anti gay marriage, strong Christian influences, etc...)
gpt
The climate is related insofar as being more suitable for agricultural activity, which means a rural lifestyle, and there's a pretty clear correlation between urbanization (or the lack of it) and political ideology.