I n a country built on the promise of opportunities, many Americans are now imagining their future elsewhere. A November 2025 Gallup poll found that nearly one in five adults would permanently leave the United States if they could.

This spike is driven largely by women aged 15-44, with 40 per cent expressing their desire to move abroad permanently if given the opportunity. Among men in the same age group, only 19 per cent say the same, creating one of the widest gender gaps Gallup has recorded anywhere in the world. For women, it’s the second year they’ve wanted to migrate at this level, a fourfold jump from the 10 per cent recorded in 2014.

Gallup, a global research organisation that tracks political, social, economic, and cultural attitudes, attributed Trump-era politics as a signif

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