Maybe they came up for a two-week fact-finding mission and discovered it’s not all it’s made out to be (and it’s not made out to be anything anyway). :)
Some might be interested to know that Canadian conservatives tend to think of the bluer states as being more liberal than any part of Canada except maybe Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.
For example, none of our provinces have yet legalized marijuana although it is sort of de facto legal in parts of British Columbia (very hit or miss law enforcement on that).
The social climate at universities is also seen as being even more Marxist south of the border than here, although differences are slight.
Really, you’re going to need to go much deeper than Trump to bring about a real counter-revolution. The left can outlast Trump and get back to their program in either 2020 or 2024. They are not in a hurry given the gains they have already made.
We have more of a left-leaning government now but that could change. The Canadian voters are probably on the whole somewhat more conservative than American voters, consider for example that we have no sizeable black or Hispanic populations primed to deliver predictable blocs of progressive votes. Even in losing the last election, the Conservative Party got over 35% of the popular vote against what amounts to a Clinton and a Sanders option. Do you think Trump would have done much better against both running for president? Hard to say. I would guess not, some of Trump’s working class support might have preferred Sanders. Also, Hillary would not have looked as bad running against two angry old dudes. Not that I mind the outcome, it seemed providential to avoid the HRC nightmare.
Wheels within wheels, however — the Canadian conservatives are basically a RINO type of party and our voters seem generally too stunned to notice these distinctions.
Maybe those prospective immigrants were thrown off by our opposite color scheme in politics — the majority up here are red, not blue.