Anecdotally, I am sure there are people who wish that the USA was more conservative, and who would leave if there were an appealing alternative. But given that

Anecdotally, I am sure there are people who wish that the USA was more conservative, and who would leave if there were an appealing alternative. But given that this spike in potential ex-pats corresponds with two years of unprecedented bad leadership by a largely Conservative/Traditionalist President - I find it hard to believe that this has anything to do with Conservatives finding America to be too left-leaning. If that were the case, such a spike would have been seen during the 8 years Obama was president, not after two years of Conservative domination of the American government. Furthermore, pinning all of this on the economic theory of Liberalism is either oversimplification, or a complete misunderstanding of leftist ideologies. If anything, the left is becoming less liberal, and more socialist. The real culture war going on right now appears to be between Capitalism vs. Socialist Policy & Traditionalism vs. Progressivism.