It is a shame in 2021. Many in the red are atheists who celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree, gift giving and continuing all customs and traditions of the occasion. Not going to church and declaring self atheist does not make you a freethinker.
This also a proof why church and state will not be separate for a long time to come. Democrats will continue to lose. God is a powerful drug.
Representation by Population would have a lot more Blue and a lot less Red on the map.
Although you're right. They are closer than you'd think
Just like there are more people in California than all of Canada, or more people in Texas than all of Australia.