I am seriously considering moving from the RCC to ELCA, and I've been in touch with a pastor I have met before who provided some materials for me to read and whom I'll be having coffee with one day next week.
It would be interesting to hear about the experiences of other Catholics who have moved to ELCA.
Catholics in our church, I suppose I've talked to about 5, say there is "no difference" in the service compared to the Catholic mass. We believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and follow the same liturgy calendar, and more.
There is almost no effect at all of political 'liberal' or 'conservative' in our own (ELCA) congregation. We been there about 8 years, and I can tell you the politically conservative people roughly equal or possibly may outnumber the 'liberal', but these differences seem minor or unimportant in our church.
Our more conservative and more liberal people seem to consistently become especially close friends. It's like conservative and liberal in our congregation attract like magnetic poles, and bond together. (ok, maybe that metaphor is hyperbole, but there is much friendship and love
I know first hand as I stand there and talk with them for 10 and 15 minutes at a time in little spontaneous groups during coffee after the service that we just don't have any serious problem about liberal vs conservative.
There is one old guy I love so much that tells me the contemporary service music is too much like 'entertainment', and I just smile and love him, and am not bothered by that even a bit, because in the contemporary service I know the music lyrics are quite good and plenty righteous, such as some are parts of a psalm set to modern music, and some more are old hymns lyrics set to modern music, and most of the newer lyric songs are as righteous as any old hymn. But, we have both styles of service, and both are liked.