You could field a 16-inch softball league with the celebrities who’ve threatened to leave the U.S. if their presidential pick wasn’t elected in recent years.

What’s more striking today is that it isn’t only the Hollywood set floating the idea of relocating. Increasing numbers of ordinary Americans — especially younger women — say they’re thinking about moving abroad, not because of a single election outcome but because they doubt the country’s direction, economic prospects and social climate.

That shift should worry all of us.

For the second year, about 1 in 5 Americans indicated they’d like to move abroad permanently if given the option, according to Gallup. What their data uncovered is that this spiking trend is being driven primarily by younger women, between the ages of 15 and 44.

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