# Professor Jonathan Haidt's views on why Donald Trump appeals to conservative voters are highlighted

1 Faculty News March 1, 2016 ![Vox logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/vox%20192%20x%20144.jpg?itok=ZSNFzKfo)>

Excerpt from [Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism) -- "It is as if, the NYU professor [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) has written, a button is pushed that says, 'In case of moral threat, lock down the borders, kick out those who are different, and punish those who are morally deviant.' 'Authoritarians are a real constituency that exists independently of Trump — and will persist as a force in American politics.'"

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