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Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?

  • Written by Kate Johnson, Doctoral Candidate, Psychology, University of Southern California
imageSigns of satisfaction after Donald Trump was elected. Jeff Karoub/AP

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, the overwhelming response among progressives was “how in the world did this happen?” Those of us who study the rise of political and moral polarization in the United States, however, were less surprised.

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