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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by solar-ice on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:43AM (#31679295)
"According to a Gallup poll from January 2019, 16% of Americans, including 40% of women under the age of 30, would like to leave the United States."

In my experience of talking to said Americans, that many can't is largely a case of restrictive immigration policies in most places Americans would like to move to.

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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by upsidesinclude on Saturday June 18, 2022 @10:16AM (#31790006)
Citing 'college girls want to go abroad' is not particularly convincing
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by kortilla on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:58PM (#31685331)
“ Though relatively average by global standards, the 16% of Americans overall who said in 2017 and again in 2018 that they would like to permanently move to another country -- if they could -- is higher than the average levels during either the George W. Bush (11%) or Barack Obama administration (10%).”

So usually America has lower than average citizens wanting to emigrate. Trump made Trump haters want to leave, bringing it up to global averages.

That’s a significant jump, but being globally average does not fit the narrative you’re trying to portray.

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