> the percentage of people who said they were leaving the country when Obama was (re)elected.
I don't get this. Most of these people were presumably conservatives, that were unhappy with Obama's election, but at the same time, most of their ideological/political views would seem incompatible with living anywhere other than the US.
[ I realize that this is probably horrible stereotyping, but I would be interested to talk to someone that held this view. ]
It is mostly a twitter joke that idiots said, along the lines with the (fairly small as an actual percentage of the american populace) who said, "Keep government out of my medicare!" (medicare is a government healthcare program).
I remember having the same reaction, especially after hearing many conservatives "considering" emigration to Canada, a nation much more socialist and tolerant than the U.S.
I don't get this. Most of these people were presumably conservatives, that were unhappy with Obama's election, but at the same time, most of their ideological/political views would seem incompatible with living anywhere other than the US.
[ I realize that this is probably horrible stereotyping, but I would be interested to talk to someone that held this view. ]