out its first key finding. the primary conflict structuring the two parties involves questions of national identity, race and morality. focusing in on the people who voted for obama in 2012, and then trump in 2016, he found they were remarkably close to the democratic party on economic issues. but they were far to the right on their attitudes toward immigrants. blacks and muslims. and much more likely to feel, quote, people like me are in decline, unquote. the public religion research institute and the atlantic also conducted an important study to analyze the most powerful predictors of whether a white working-class voter would vote for donald trump. after party identification the two best predictors were, quote, views about cultural displacement, unquote, and support for deporting undocumented immigrants. those who felt their economic