Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is reaching out to evangelicals. Hillary Clinton did not do that in 2016, and 80% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. But things are changing.

PRRI recently reported that the number of white evangelicals who hold favorable views of the president has dropped from 77% this March to 62% in late May. That should offer substantial incentive for Democrats to have a serious dialogue with white evangelicals. For that to be productive, two things are especially important: abortion and religious freedom.

There are millions of evangelicals (and Catholics) in swing states who want to vote for Biden. We agree much more with Biden than with Trump on numerous issues: racial justice, economic justice, the environment and climate change, tax policy that demands more of the rich, health care for all — and much more. We want to vote for Joe Biden!

But on two issues — abortion and religious freedom — we need to hear that Biden’s campaign understands, respects and can talk to us about our concerns, even though they do not fully agree.