Just before Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Kristin Tadlock-Hunter, 31, moved to London with her British spouse. She did a lot of canvassing for Hillary Clinton before she left. This time, all she could do was vote remotely. So, as the US went to the polls, she felt powerless.
And when the result came in? “Devastated doesn’t cover it,” she says. “Really heartbroken. I think it’s a unique experience, to be an immigrant watching it from afar. It feels like you’re watching your house burn down from across the street, with all your friends and family still inside. People say: ‘Oh, you’re so lucky not to be in the house that’s on fire,’ and you’re like: ‘No, that’s my memories, that’s the people I love, that’s the places I love.’ It’s a really painful experience to watch what you love being dismantled.”
