22% of U.S. Residents Are More Likely to Move Now That Election Is Over, With Many Considering a Different Country or State

• Nearly the same share, 21%, say they are less likely to consider moving now that the election is over, according to a recent Redfin-commissioned survey.
• Of those who are more likely to move, 36% say the results of the election are making them  consider a different country, and 26% are considering a different state. 
• 34% of people aged 18-34 say they are more likely to consider moving now, compared with 23% of 35-54 year olds and 9% of people aged 55+. 
• Nearly 30% of Democrats say they’re more likely to move now, versus 16% of Republicans.
• Of those who are more likely to move, 17% say the results of the election make them more likely to buy a home; 12% are more likely to sell their home. 

More than one in five (22%) U.S. residents say they’re more likely to move now that the election is over. Of them, more than a third (36%) are considering moving to another country, and 26% are thinking of moving to a different state. This is according to a Redfin-commissioned survey conducted by Ipsos on November 7-8, 2024; the nationally representative survey was fielded to 1,005 U.S. adults. 

But 21% of all respondents say they are less likely to move now that the election is over. 

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say the election, in which Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, upped their likelihood of moving: 28% of Democrats are now more likely to move, compared to 16% of Republicans. Seventeen percent of Democrats are now less likely to consider moving, compared with 20% of Republicans. 

Young people, renters, and those earning less than $50,000 per year were more likely to say they’d consider moving now that the election is over. 

More than one-third (34%) of 18-34 year olds said they’re more likely to move after the election, compared to 23% of 35-54 year olds and 9% of people over 55. 

Nearly three in 10 (29%) renters are more likely to consider moving now that the election is over, compared to 15% of homeowners. 

More than a quarter (27%) of respondents earning under $50,000 are more likely to consider moving now–and another 27% of those respondents are less likely to consider moving. Twenty percent of people who earn between $50,000 and $100,00 and 20% of people who earn more than $100,000 are more likely to move post-election; 22% of middle-income earners and 17% of higher-income earners are less likely to move. 

Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. Respondents Who Are Considering Moving Say The Election Results Make Them More Likely to Buy a Home

Of the respondents who said they’re more likely to move post-election, roughly one in five (17%)  say the results of the election have made them more likely to consider buying a new home. Just over one in 10 (12%) say the results have made them more likely to consider selling their current home. Roughly the same share–13%–are now more likely to rent a home. 

Nearly one-quarter of prospective first-time homebuyers were waiting until after the election to buy a home, according to a separate Redfin-commissioned survey fielded in October. Roughly one in six respondents to that survey said they were waiting to see if Trump’s plans for tackling “issues with affordable housing” are enacted before buying.

Some house hunters were waiting for the political and financial uncertainty surrounding the election to pass before making a big purchase. Redfin agents in several different parts of the country said in October that many would-be buyers were sitting on the sidelines until post-election, and expected activity to pick up around mid-November.

36% of People Who May Move Post-Election Are Considering a Different Country; 26% a Different State

As mentioned above, more than one-third (36%) of the respondents who said they’re now more likely to move are thinking of moving to a different country. More respondents chose “a different country” than any other type of location. 

Roughly one-quarter (26%) are now thinking of moving to a different state. Just over one in 10 (12%) are considering a different metro area within their current state. 

Broken down by political affiliation, 59% of the Democrats who said they’re more likely to move now that the election is over say the results have made them consider a different country. Twenty-six percent of Democrats are considering a different state. Just 8% of the Republicans who are more likely to move said they’d consider an international move, while 21% would consider a different state. 

While it’s not new for Americans to say they’d move abroad if their preferred presidential candidate loses, the desire to move to a different state or neighborhood may be more pronounced this year. The U.S. has become increasingly polarized, with certain laws–particularly those concerning women’s health–differing from state to state. 

On a local level, many Americans want to live in neighborhoods where people have similar political views: A separate Redfin-commissioned survey found that 27% of U.S. residents would be hesitant to live in an area where most residents don’t share their political views. 

Methodology

This report focuses on responses to the following questions from the survey:

1. Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, which of the below best describes your likelihood to consider moving to a new home?
2. Which of the following does the result of the presidential election make you more likely to consider?

For the first question, respondents could choose “I am much more likely to consider moving,” “I am somewhat more likely to consider moving,” “My likelihood to consider moving has not changed,” “I am somewhat less likely to consider moving,” and “I am much less likely to consider moving.” For this report, we grouped the first two options as “more likely”, and grouped the last two options as “less likely.”

Of the 1,005 U.S. residents surveyed, there were 416 Republicans and 381 Democrats, 486 men and 509 women, and 302 people aged 18-34, 347 people aged 35-54, and 356 people aged 55+. 553 respondents were homeowners and 330 were renters; 427 reported earning under $50,000, 379 earn between $50,000 and $100,000, and 199 earn over $100,000.  

Please note that for question #2, there were 100 responses from Democrats and 56 responses from Republicans. Because there are 56 Republican responses, this is an indicative read only.