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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

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 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

As a Minnesotan, yeah alright

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