Welcome to Trump’s America, The i Paper’s World Insight series presenting the sharpest, deepest thinking on an era-defining shift in history and politics, investigating how Donald Trump and his administration have changed the US and the world – and where we go from here.
• The death of cool America – and the cringe that killed it• The US is becoming impossible to live in• I ran for president against Trump. When he fails, America will rise again• Maga leaders want ‘traditional American families’ – but can’t stop having affairs• The Golden State is being left to burn – because it voted Democrat• Maga is not just divided over Trump. Now it’s split on Putin
“Household voting” sounds like an innocent poll a family might conduct when deciding on a destination for the summer holidays or what to have for dinner. But in reality, it represents something much darker.
It is the belief that every US household should only get to cast a single vote in an election – and that the honour should fall to the male head of the family.
It is, essentially, the belief that women should not be able to vote. Is it bizarrely regressive, Handmaid’s Tale stuff? Definitely. Fringe? Unfortunately, not.
