The number of adult Americans who would choose to live in another country if possible has tripled, according to a Monmouth University poll.
The latest Monmouth University national poll released Wednesday noted a sharp increase in the desire to leave the United States among adults.
Approximately 34% of respondents to the poll said they would “settle in another country” if it was logistically possible.
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By political leaning, independents were the most likely to say they wanted to leave the United States, with 41% of respondents answering in the affirmative.
About 35% of Democrats said they would like to settle elsewhere, as did 22% of Republicans.
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“After being largely stable for 50 years after World War II, the past 30 years have seen a significant increase in the number of Americans seeking deportation,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Public Opinion Research Institute. said.
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“We don’t know exactly when this shift occurred due to disparities in polling on this question, but I would wager that partisan resentment over the past few years played a significant role in the increased desire to migrate.” I would like.”
According to the Monmouth report, across 11 Gallup national polls asking similar questions from 1948 to 1995, the percentage of respondents who wanted to leave the United States peaked at 13% in 1972.
The poll did not ask respondents which country they would like to resettle in, but it did ask which country they would like to travel to.
The country most frequently cited as a place they would like to travel to is Italy (18%), followed by the UK (10%) and Japan (8%).
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The Monmouth University poll was conducted from February 8 to February 12, 2024. The poll was conducted using a probability-based random sample of 902 adults nationwide via landline, cell phone, and text invitations.
“For results based on this sample, we can say with 95% confidence that there is a maximum margin of error due to sampling of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points, adjusted for sample design effects (1.56).” Public opinion The investigation reports.
