Statistics released in late December confirm that of the 59 million people who voted for John Kerry, perhaps 1,000 left the U.S. for Canada.

Appendix 2 of this table shows that in the first half of 2004, Canada accepted 3,898 new permanent residents from the United States. 4,786 came in the same period in 2005 — an increase of only 888.

And even that fairly small number has to be looked at alongside the 14% increase in overall immigration to Canada. Let’s say only the 9% difference might be attributable to the election — not quite 400 people.

If those were Democrats sore about losing the election, they were bucking a trend — more Canadians head south to live than Americans move north. In 2001, 237k people born in the US lived in Canada. In 2000, 820k Canadian-born people lived in the U.S. — and that’s from a population one-ninth the size.

That’s a real vote.

So long, 400 or so sore losers — will you take Canadian-born Howie Mandel and Tom Green with you? Please?

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Also on this topic, when earlier figures on applications were released:

Democrats Broke Promise, Didn’t Emigrate After The Election

The Blogosphere Kicks Around The Great Democratic Non-Exodus of 2005

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