text: When I read this article my mind immediately went to members of my own family, who I think typify many white Catholic voters. They're conservative in both their faith and politics, and they don't make much distinction between the two. 
  
  They represent that angry, frustrated element that Trump so successfully tapped into, but they don't like Trump personally. I think some may hold their noses and vote for him, but they do understand who he is.
  
  But after more than 40 years of conditioning from the pulpit, they've become largely one-issue voters, and they've completely bought into the demonization of Hillary Clinton. Defeating her at all costs is the most important thing to them.
  
  They're good people but they're frightened and confused and feel like the world they grew up in has been taken from them. Even while I disagree, I understand and have compassion for them, and I try to think of them whenever I'm tempted to write off all Trump voters as rabid lunatics. It isn't that simple.