ABSTRACT
Moral issues have contributed to the change in the relationship between social class and voting behavior among whites during the 21st century. Moral issues, such as abortion or gay rights, have been important in American politics at least since the 1980s, and they continue to be important, as the two parties differ on these issues. Moral issues are related to religion among whites, with conservative attitudes more common among those who are more religious and more evangelical. Class differences on moral issues have remained stable in the 21st century, with working-class whites being more conservative on moral issues, relative to middle-class whites. The impact of moral issues has grown in this century, and that has contributed to the changing class divisions in voting.
