Research in Moral Foundations Theory, developed by Jonathan Haidt and other social psychologists, finds that liberals tend to emphasize the Care/Harm and Fairness/Reciprocity foundations more strongly, while conservatives more evenly weight a broader set, including Loyalty, Authority, and Purity in addition to Care and Fairness.

“I think that many marginalized communities that were once considered reliably liberal voters can no longer be considered to be so, because the Democratic party has insisted on support for policies based in moral and ideological values that they do not actually share. This is placing an intolerable pressure on our democracy and is driving people toward autocracy.”

“In our case, it was driven almost entirely by a deep moral disconnect between the actions of their preferred party and what they’d been taught at church. This caused lots of dissonance since they’d previously seen those as aligned. Some of this shift could be ascribed to a new awareness of social issues, but I think threats to constitutional government have been the biggest cause of the political realignment.”

“I see many people of faith allowing their politics to overly shape and drive their faith identity rather than the other way around.”

“Religious intolerance that led to the attack on refugees broke our faith community wide open in 2016. So many women in our faith community had firsthand experience with refugee resettlement, and this point of humanity and compassion actually served to break longstanding political alignments.”

“Secular and faith-based organizations have been increasingly coordinating efforts to counteract and weaken the Christian nationalist movement. Perceived overreach by parts of the Left on abortion and LGBTQ issues has created openings for the Right, particularly among Latino evangelicals and Catholics, as well as among more moderate Christian voters.”