The Politics of Losing by Rory McVeigh

Author:Rory McVeigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Columbia University Press

FIGURE 7.1 Median income in single-income and dual-income households, 1950–2012.

Source: The Atlantic analysis of Current Population Survey data. (c) 2013 The Atlantic Media Co., as first published in The Atlantic Magazine. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

The traditional family, it seems, cannot thrive in the new economy. The difference in family structure not only manifests itself in standards of living but also in the status that comes from traditional roles of breadwinner and homemaker. To put this in the language of power loss, the supply of breadwinners has increased along with women’s advancements. The role of childrearing has changed, as high-earning couples rely on daycare and sometimes boarding schools. The status resentment of those in traditional family roles—or aspiring to them—explains why Trump cares so little about closing the gender gap in voting, and how he intensified support among his base. Even women in traditional family arrangements often strongly support policies that prioritize men’s income, since men’s income supports their families.88 As our statistical analysis of voting outcomes in chapter 5 shows, Trump fared especially well in communities with fewer college graduates and whose inhabitants embraced more traditional gender roles.

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