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Disgruntled Americans threaten to move to Canada after Obama victory

Any time the Republicans come into power in the United States, the common refrain from Democrats is "I'm moving to Canada."

The same thing happens when Democrats win — GOP supporters throw up their arms and look north for 'salvation.'

Tuesday's re-election of President Barack Obama has elicited the same response.

Several disgruntled Americans took to Twitter — before and after the results — to share their plans:

I better start getting the spare room set up for my Grandma. She told me if Obama wins again that she was moving up to Canada. #Obama2012 — Jamie - Invis PG (@JamieInvisPG) November 7, 2012

Mashable listed some the more funnier 'moving to Canada' tweets over the past week. Here are some of my favourites:

To everyone that says they are moving to Canada if Obama wins, why not Jamaica? It's much warmer... — Dylan Reeves (@Dylan_Reeves) November 6, 2012

I am moving to Canada no matter who wins. It just seems nice. — Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) November 6, 2012

Y'all are STILL tweeting "If Romney wins, I'm moving to Canada" KNOWING damn well you can't even move outta your mom's house. CHILL — Yung Gunn 2 Raw(@YungGunn2Raw) November 1, 2012

Apparently, it's not just all talk.

According to Canadian/U.S. immigration attorney Michael Niren, some people actually act on their 'threats' of moving north of the border.

He recently told Yahoo! Canada News that he used to get "a lot of calls" from unhappy Democrats when George W. Bush was in office.