This seems to be a pretty close-minded view. Sure, selfishness and heartlessness could be a big motivator to vote one way. But as someone who knows Christians who voted for Trump, here are a few reasons which I'd argue aren't due to moral failings:

* Some strongly believe abortion is murder, and are worried about the number of lives thus being extinguished.

* Some believe that there is a growing anti-religious sentiment in their opposition, and they vote against that anti-religious sentiment. Every one of these friends is a strong proponent of religious pluralism.

* Many Christian voters come from less urban, less affluent areas of the country. These voters felt ignored by mainstream candidates, and Trump courted them better than most candidates in decades, actually speaking to the day-to-day issues of that constituency.

* Many Christians have different moral views than society at large. When viewing males as "the head of the household" is considered sexist and oppressive, couples that (both) opt in for such a household-model will understandably not be drawn in by progressive rhetoric castigating them for it.

Again, this isn't to paint a rosy picture saying "Bad people of group X are just as likely to vote either way". But to say that you can't see anyone supporting an ideology to be a good person under the hood is going to lead to a lot of animosity in life.

I didn't say that actually, though I also wouldn't say the inverse. I don't really know the exact answer, and I don't really think it's important here.

> Very few Christians seem to see the problems with that regime

It is important to note that Evangelical != Protestant, and Protestant != Christian, and Christian != Religious person. There are huge gaps between each sub-category and the parent category; evangelicals may be one of the larger categories in the U.S., and may be largely Trumpist (though even then, not all of them), but they hardly represent the whole of religion.

> the common denominator seems to be an undertone of selfishness and heartlessness

I feel an immense amount of anger towards Trump and his entire movement, not despite but because many of my family-members have aligned themselves with it. And yet, outside of those contexts, I still see them being good and kind to their loved ones and others. I've also come to see that their alignment is largely based in fear - which, even if it's ill-founded and driven by false narratives, is an emotion I can feel sympathy for. Wrestling with this dichotomy - seeing the evil they've confused with good and the ways it's changed them, while knowing that they are still my loved ones and they still contain some goodness underneath - has been one of the most stressful and difficult things I've had to grapple with in my entire life.

But one thing I've held onto from my religious days is the principle that human beings are not simply good or evil. All of us contain good and evil, and (both as individuals and as people with individuals that we care about) it's a question of identifying and nurturing the good, and trying to let go of the evil, each day anew.

> Wrestling with this dichotomy - seeing the evil they've confused with good and the ways it's changed them, while knowing that they are still my loved ones and they still have bits of good underneath - has been one of the most stressful and difficult things I've had to grapple with in my entire life.

Hear, hear. It was hard for this to come to a reckoning last year with everything else bad going on.