Week 7&8: Reading Response 2

In “America: Not their First Choice.” Hannah Fairfield examines a survey by The Pew Research Center. The survey asked 17,000 people from 16 countries, where they would want to move to if they left their country. The survey found that in every country, excluding India, Poland, and Canada, no more than 1 in 10 people in the other countries said that they would move to the United States. Among the 15 countries that were surveyed, Canada and Australia won the popularity contest . India had the highest percentage that chose the United States. Poland and Spain tied for Britain. Germany, China, France, and the Netherlands all chose Canada. Canada, Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands chose Australia. Poland and Spain both chose Britain. Russia and Turkey chose Germany. Lebanon chose France, and Jordan chose United Arab Emirates. Pakistan chose China and Indonesia chose Japan. I am a little surprised with the results. I am surprised about the amount that would want to go to Australia. I thought that the United States would have higher results. I was really surprised the China chose Canada, instead of the United States. It seemed as though countries would stick to countries that were near by. I think that most Americans would be surprised by the results, because of the lack of results for the United States. Some people would probably be mad about the results from India, because their tends to be a lot of discrimination toward non Americans. It seems like a lot of countries have lost respect for America, based on these results. Based on these results it looks as though the immigration to America has lessened. I would be interesting to see results from more countries.