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> The percentage of younger women wanting to move to another country first rose decisively in 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama's second term. That
by jameslk 11mo ago
> The percentage of younger women wanting to move to another country first rose decisively in 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama's second term. That year, Gallup surveyed the U.S. in June and July, after both parties’ presumptive nominees were set for the November election, which Donald Trump went on to win. Desire to migrate continued to climb afterward, hitting 44% in President Joe Biden’s last year in office and remaining near that level in 2025. This suggests a broader shift in opinion among younger women, rather than a solely partisan one.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/697382/record-numbers-younger-women-leave.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/697382/record-numbers-younger-w...
- tonyedgecombe 11mo agoThe final year of a presidency is when the rhetoric ramps up.
- mcv 11mo agoAbortion rights didn't come back under Biden. I can imagine that and the general rising misogyny, are the main factors.
- Sabinus 11mo agoBiden barely had the House, nowhere near a filibuster proof Senate, or the Supreme Court. With those numbers abortion rights (forbidding the red states from outlawing abortion) wasn't possible. Elections have consequences and (at least before Trump) presidents aren't kings.
- mcv 11mo agoI'm not blaming Biden at all. I'm just pointing out that a very important issue didn't see significant improvement during his administration. GP argued that women's desire to emigrate peaked during Biden. I suspect Biden's inability to fix this problem (which I have no doubt he would have fixed if he could), is a contributing factor.