Which Southern state has the most liberal Republicans?

[smoltchanov]

Probably - Louisiana. In addition to other things this state is well known for rather pragmatic (sometimes - almost cynical) "pork barrel" politics, more so then for "ideological pure" one, which is more typical for some other states. And - many Louisiana Republicans were conservative Democrats until recently. And (again - generally) even conservative Democrats were, usually, more pragmatic (especially - on economy) then their "native Republican" counterparts..

[smoltchanov]

Mississippi is underrated as an option.  We have a long history of establishment porkers, and the state party is pretty in control when it comes to making sure the "right" kind of Republican wins the nom.

Yeah, but you also have McDaniel, Watson and some other MAGA-types))))

[smoltchanov]

Somewhat strange results of the poll: Georgia leads, but i wouldn't say there are too many moderate Republicans elected, say, to state legislature. Of course - you can find such moderate Republicans in Atlanta or it's close suburbs, but most of legislative districts there are hopelessly Democratic (and, generally, become even more so with time). North Carolina Republicans had a moderate "mountain" wing in the past (with such politicians as former governor Holshouser, for example), but now - almost completely dominated by "Jesse Helms wing" (it's enough to look at ACU ratings of North Carolina legislature). I really can't characterize any of North Carolina elected Republican governors or members of Congress since Holshouser time as anything, but "very conservative"....

P.S. In this "polarized time", when even in states like Connecticut, which used to have a lot of moderate and even liberal Republicans, but now has much less of them (and substantially more of "normal Trumpists") it's difficult to talk about "liberal Republicans" (or "conservative Democrats" for that matter): they exist, but they live in "political ghettoes". And their influence is far from being great.....