When the economic recession the country fell to its knees on, in such financial devastation, changes occurred in the moral-cultural values. While some steadfast not to heed the government as being a security system for a job, partisan lines were crossed with ideology on the government to help out the financial struggling people. In not adhering to the red and blue states, there is a gray area, where race, income, and ethnic background change dynamics. Consequently with the recession, swing voters comprised of Catholics and Protestants by means of “moral and individualistic principles (Wald 186)” and crossed partisan lines (Wald 186-187). Historically Protestants partisanships lie with being Republican, which throws doubt to theory of sticking with religious traditions (U.S. Religious Landscape Survey 85) According to the Landscape Survey, there is an immense link between religion and political attitudes on economal services provided by the government (U.S. Religious Landscape Survey