Donald Trump won a majority of the Super Tuesday states yesterday for the GOP presidential race, leaving many worried he will indeed be the Republican nominee chosen to run for president.
Searches for “how can I move to Canada” on Google have spiked +350% in the past four hours #SuperTuesday
— Simon Rogers (@smfrogers) March 2, 2016
Following last night’s Super Tuesday results, the search ‘how can I move to Canada’ and variations of this search have increased. People are genuinely frightened what a Trump victory could mean for this country.
The official government website of Canada was on overload much of the night with a peak interest hit of 1150%. The government site had to put up a message saying, “You may experience delays while using the website. We are working to resolve this issue. Thank you for your patience,” because of all the traffic.
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