Mary Eberstadt, always an astute observer of culture and politics, argues that there were three main factors: “key Democratic party policies have been locked in combat with key Catholic moral teachings for a long time now…”, the “record of the Biden-Harris administration, for its part, pushed some voters rightward on its own…”, and “the addition to the ticket of Ohio senator JD Vance.” Not just misogyny, but also racism, stupidity, and nastiness motivated Catholics (and others) who voted for Trump! And that, I am also convinced, is because of their overt disdain for ordinary Catholics, their refusal to acknowledge the insanity of the past decade, and their thinly disguised dislike for much Catholic doctrine, morality, and tradition.