Interest in moving to Canada, New Zealand and Australia surges
Immigration New Zealand site had 25,000 new US users on November 7
Many Americans worried that U.S. democracy is under threat
As US election exit polls began to point to a second presidency for Donald Trump, many Americans were already looking for another kind of exit: moving abroad.
Google searches for "move to Canada" surged 1,270 percent in the 24 hours after US East Coast polls closed on Tuesday, company data shows. Similar searches about moving to New Zealand climbed nearly 2,000 percent while those for Australia jumped 820 percent.
