Posted on 07/30/2024 8:52:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A substantial share of Americans say they plan to move out of their state or even the country if the presidential candidate they oppose wins the election, according to a new poll.
A survey released last week by StorageUnits.com sampled the opinions of 1,968 Americans who plan to support either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The poll was conducted on July 22, the day after President Joe Biden ended his bid for the Democrat nomination for president and endorsed Harris.
Overall, 15% of respondents said they planned to leave their state and/or the U.S. if the candidate they oppose in the 2024 presidential election wins. Nineteen percent of Harris' supporters planned to relocate, as did 12% of Trump supporters.
“Of Harris voters considering moving, 62% are thinking about moving to a state and 74% to a country that better aligns with their political views,” the survey found. “Of Trump voters considering moving, 67% are thinking about moving to a state and 60% to a country that better aligns with their political views.”
The most commonly cited concerns about a Trump presidency that would prompt Harris voters to relocate include increased social inequality (62%), a federal abortion ban (60%), the overturning of progressive rights (58%) and a lack of gun regulation (53%). Meanwhile, 62% of Trump voters thinking of relocating listed both the higher cost of living and taxes as their biggest concerns about a Harris presidency.
As for states that Harris voters would like to move to if Trump wins the election, 13% said they wanted to relocate to New Jersey followed by 8% who preferred California and 7% who expressed an interest in moving to New York. Meanwhile, 38% of Harris voters who plan on leaving the country if Trump wins the election would make Canada their new home followed by 16% who picked the United Kingdom and 7% who favored moving to Mexico.
Fifteen percent of Trump voters thinking of moving to a place that better reflects their values if Harris wins the election would choose Florida as their destination state. Thirteen percent said the same about California, while 9% would prefer to move to Texas.
The countries Trump voters see as destinations if Harris wins are the exact same ones chosen by Harris voters. Twenty-four percent of Trump voters who want to move would go to Canada if Harris wins, while 13% would pick the United Kingdom and 11% would select Mexico.
Commenting on the results of the survey, real estate expert James Heartquist asserted: “The division within the United States has become increasingly pronounced in recent years. This polarization is evident in the way people are aligning themselves with political ideologies, often to the extent of considering relocation. The reasons for this division are multifaceted, including differing views on social issues, economic policies and governance styles.”
“This polarization is not just a political phenomenon but also a social one, affecting how communities interact and how individuals perceive their place within the country,” he added. “The stakes of the 2024 election are incredibly high. The outcome will shape the country’s direction on critical issues such as climate change, healthcare, immigration, and economic inequality. The polarization is so intense that some Americans are willing to uproot their lives to live in a place that aligns more closely with their political beliefs.”
Heartquist also predicted that “the real estate market is likely to be significantly impacted by this political migration,” forecasting “increased demand in certain areas and decreased demand in others” that could end up “driving up property prices in politically favorable regions.”
He further maintained that “policy changes proposed by presidential candidates can influence market sentiment” by proposing “changes in tax laws or housing regulations.”
Even as Harris has replaced Biden as the Democrats’ presumptive nominee for president, polarization surrounding the major party candidates continues. Both candidates find themselves underwater when it comes to favorability ratings among the American public.
The RealClearPolitics average of polls measuring the candidates’ favorability ratings finds that 50.9% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Harris compared to 41.7% who have a favorable view of her, indicating a net disapproval rating of 9.2 percentage points.
Meanwhile, 43.8% of Americans view Trump favorably, while 52.5% have an unfavorable opinion of him. At 8.7 percentage points, Trump’s net disapproval rating is slightly lower than Harris.’
Both Trump and Harris have much higher favorability ratings than Biden, who has a net disapproval rating of 16.1% percentage points. Just 39.8% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Biden compared to 55.9% who have the opposite view of the president.
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls taken over the past three weeks, 47.9% of Americans plan to back Trump in the election, while 46.2% prefer Harris, a difference of 1.7 percentage points.
In a five-way race featuring Trump and Harris as well as independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, 44.5% of voters plan to back Trump, while 42.7% would back Harris. Kennedy’s support is measured at 5.8%, followed by Stein at 1.1% and West at 0.8%.
The RealClearPolitics “No Toss Ups Map,” which predicts the outcome of the 2024 presidential election based on polling averages at the state level, shows Trump winning 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. This makes the former president a slight favorite to win the White House.
if only they would
If Trump loses, there is nowhere to go.
A bunch of lefty celebrities promised to leave the country after President Trump became President in 2017.
Unfortunately they are still here.
Hard to believe 13% of Trump voters said, if Trump loses, they would move to California.
Well, think on it.
If the 1’s reside in the rapidly failing City States collapsing under progressive and Black governments, 14% might truly be thinking on getting the hell out of Dodge.
Dodge is failing and why even consider going down with the ship holed by the progressive iceberg?
Dithering and laziness are all that is keeping them from fleeing.
You know that’s a lie.
“Make the bad people go away!”
For a modest amount you can fly to europe or central america, both fun and if played right relatively inexpensive. If you wish to move there the regulations are not too strenious. Good food a lot of places in europe.
We hear this every 4 years. It never happens.
El Salvadore is looking pretty good. Bukele seems to be cleaning up his cities, going conservative, and sending all his criminals to the USA. Gotta be some cheap beach front land down there.
Don’t tease me. I’ll contribute to the moving fund.
Lol. Actually, no one wants them.
I’d like to see a follow-up some time on how many of these people actually do move.
Decades ago there was a Democrat inspired plan to get all the minorities into the big cities so they could control those cities and hence the state. Rural whites would not have a power base big enough to overcome that control.
Illinois is the perfect example. Though Springfield is the capital, Chicago has all the power. Whatever Chicago says, goes.
Georgia is almost already that way, with Atlanta and it’s environs.
That’s what happened to New York, California, Washington and Oregon.
Other states as well. The power is concentrated into the large urban areas with all the minorities beholden to the Democrat Party and the rest of the state be damned............
Leave now and avoid the rush. Oh, and take some interlopers (aka illegals) with you.
What BS...from a storage company. The rich can have a domicile elsewhere...but others moving because of election...well maybe out of cities, but beyond that...no.
Move to where? My wife is Canadian, but they are worse off. ‘sides no job or money for a move. We also need a traditional Latin Mass. The U.S. and France are the best places for that, and France is quite messed up, and I have poor proficiency with foreign spoken languages (my wife would be able to openly plot against me!).
Promises, promises.........
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