155: Can we vote for immoral candidates?

One of the story lines that keeps recurring during this election season is the incessant handwringing among the progressive left, worried about the fall of what they call “our democracy.” Pointing fingers, they actually make the claim that conservative evangelicals are the real threat to the survival to the American experiment. Well, let’s think about that for a minute and process what it means for democracy to be in danger. Joe Rigney, “Avoiding ‘the progressive gaze’ in the voting booth,” August 21, 2024. James R. Wood, “Against political Donatism,” August 9, 2024. Miles Smith, “Whose democracy?” July 24, 2024.