This is just personal experience, but sometimes it seems like conservatives from blue states can be more passionate than conservatives from red states. For example, I grew up in a solidly blue state. I actually had to live under the leftist idiocy of my totally blue government. It was bad when I was younger, but its steadily gotten worse. And I grew up in suburbia; the people out in the sticks hate the state government far more than I can imagine. Nonetheless, I have no tolerance for a lot of leftist points that other conservatives might be willing to humor.

Conversely, you have states like Utah. Utah is about as solidly red as they come, and it has a lot of great people. But, the establishment Republican Party has such stranglehold on the state. It's become RINO-central. The Republican Party can get away it, because they have no meaningful competition. I hope that primarying bad politicians becomes more mainstream, but that's how things are right now.