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One in five Americans want their state to join Canada amid escalating trade war: poll (nationalpost.com)

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One in five Americans (20 per cent) polled by Leger this week say they would like their state to join Canada, more than double the proportion of Canadians who said they would like their country to become the 51st state of the United States. Article content

“Only 9 per cent of Canadians believe it is likely that Canada will become the 51st U.S. state. By contrast, 20 per cent of Americans would like their state to join Canada and become a Canadian province, a proportion that is higher among respondents aged 18 to 34 (30 per cent),” reads the new Léger report.

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 118 points 3 months ago

Canada has a functioning government. Sign me up!

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 months ago

It would be amazing if we could have Washington and Oregon in Canada... :)

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago

And California, make a land bridge between Canada and Mexico! Plus Canada would jump from 9th largest GDP in the world to 3rd largest!

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[-] Vent@lemm.ee 41 points 3 months ago

Hell, I'll vote for my state to join just about any country with a functioning healthcare system.

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 33 points 3 months ago

I don't believe canada is perfect but the US is really fucking bad, so it would probably be an improvement.

Though enemies of the US would probably be cackling at it dissolving. US conservatives really are a heady cocktail of traitors and absolute fucking idiots.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago

Red States could finally achieve their dream of being third world countries 🥰

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Rather than third world states?

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Oh without blue states to help them they still have a long way to go to reach the point where they should be considering their political decisions.

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[-] Randomocity@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 months ago

The way they word the contrast between Canadians and Americans is extremely biased."9 percent of Canadians believe they will become the 51st state", not that they want to, just that they believe it will happen. While "30 percent of Americans would like their state to become part of Canada". If you asked the Canadians if they want to become US state I guarantee it would be lower

[-] Arigion@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

What would have been interesting: How many Canadians would like an American state to become part of Canada?

I wouldn't want any of them to join my country.

[-] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

As a Prairie guy, I'd love to have MN join us

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Look on the bright side, you'd probably get the northern states like Vermont. 😀

[-] Arigion@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

I'm not Canadian, I'm European. I just would find it interesting to know, since I was told that Canada overall resembles more Europe than the USA.

The political left in the U.S. often aligns more closely with the center or even the moderate right in European countries, due to America's overall more conservative political spectrum.

So they would get an influx of center to far-right citizens. Can't think why one would want this.

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[-] Amonverite@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Canadian Province of Oregon has a very nice ring to it!

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

And Washington! Also all of New England!

[-] allo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

On behalf of Washington State I accept this offer.

[-] Amonverite@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Oregon also!

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[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I have a better idea, Make Alaska a part of Canada

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I knew Americans were treating Canada badly, but that's crossing a line

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

Canada please decline this offer until a sane generation is old enough to vote, the current ones are broken

[-] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

Oh don't worry 99% of us have been seeing the online requests and cackling at the sheer fucking hubris lmao

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 3 months ago

I'd love to see a map of support. I imagine the further north, the more likely to want to merge.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 10 points 3 months ago

Obligatory Jesusland Map.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

If all the nice Americans leave to join us, what happens with the rest? They’re gonna attack us!

If you’re a nice American and want to join us, bring fighter jets and nuclear weapons and stuff with you please!

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Canada could have nuclear weapons within 6 months if they needed.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

California for succession! But all BS aside I feel like the US is going to have a civil war over all of this because over half of us don’t want to live in stupid tecno patriarcal oligarch dipshitville with a deranged game show host frontman

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago

Bet its even higher for some states.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This is almost as stupid as making Canada the 51st state.

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago

I'd sign up for it. Illinois isn't too far from Canada, and I'd live to see how the US gets by without Chicago. Good luck rerouting all your freight to avoid border crossings lol. Sigh. It'd never happen in a million years though.