The fourth season of House of Cards is now available on Netflix – and the backdrop of an increasingly surreal and divisive American presidential election year means that levels of anticipation have been unusually high.
Despite last season’s cliffhanger finale, speculation has focused on whether the show’s trademark dramatic twists would trump (sorry) those taking place in real world politics. Numerous comparisons between House of Cards’ duplicitous Democratic president Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and the current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump have emerged already. But while this is mostly the stuff of water cooler conversation, it isn’t impossible that House of Cards could impact the way people vote.
Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey. David Giesbrecht for Netflix
