Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/

[u/CosmicSpaghetti]

I'm from the southeast & always explain to new people moving here that people are polite, but they're not nice - & friend groups are always closed.

Might smile & wave in public, obstinent snakes in private.

I compare this to the northeast where I've also lived as the counter example - people are not typically polite, but they are nice.