These are not the brightest days for
the U.S. but a fascinating poll taken by the Gallup organization shows that America
is still the place to be.

Gallup found that 138 million
people worldwide would like to move to the U.S., more than three times as many as the
second choice, the United Kingdom.

The survey found that America is the
No. 1 desired destination for people from far-flung corners of the world.

Jon Clifton of Gallup writes that the
percentage of people in each country who would like to move to the U.S.
permanently is perhaps more interesting. A staggering 37 percent of Liberians
say that they would like to relocate to the U.S. permanently. Despite the pull
of family and friends and the inevitable patriotic emotions, one in four adults
or more in Sierra Leone, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti would also like to
move to the U.S. permanently. Some 19 million in China would like to take up
residence in the United States.

Three countries with the highest
percentages of people who would like to relocate to the U.S. permanently are in
Africa, seven are in Central America and the Caribbean, with the remaining
country, Cambodia, in Asia, according do Clifton.

Clifton adds this:

“However, other populous countries
such as Iran and Pakistan do not have large groups of people who say that they
would like to move to the U.S. permanently. Instead, Pakistanis most desire to
relocate to Saudi Arabia and the U.K. and Iranians would prefer to move to
Jordan or Lebanon. This is not surprising, as Iranians and Pakistanis have some
of the lowest U.S. leadership approval ratings in the world.”

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