# Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses why Donald Trump appeals to many American voters

1 Faculty News January 6, 2016 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/opinion/campaign-stops/purity-disgust-and-donald-trump.html?_r=0) -- "Many American voters, [Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) wrote, perceive that the moral order is falling apart, the country is losing its coherence and cohesiveness, diversity is rising, and our leadership seems to be suspect or not up to the needs of the hour.'"

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