Analysis: Divided America may never be reunited

Families that have been torn apart because of polarised attitudes to Donald Trump fear the split will be permanent, write Tim Reid, Gabriella Borter, and Michael Martina

Susy Tylor, who calls herself one of the "Divas for Trump" greets other people arriving, as hundreds of vehicles gather ahead of the start of a car caravan in support of  Donald Trump, at Tropical Park in Miami, on Sunday. Pictures: AP

When lifelong Democrat Mayra Gomez told her 21-year-old son five months ago that she was voting for Donald Trump in today’s presidential election, he cut her out of his life.

“He specifically told me, ‘You are no longer my mother, because you are voting for Trump’", Gomez, 41, a personal care worker in Milwaukee said.