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‘How to leave America’ becomes the most Googled search term in the wake of Donald Trump’s shock US election victory

Many Americans are fearful of the US led by Donald Trump

Some Americans really, really REALLY don't want to live under President Trump

AMERICANS horrified at the prospect of President Donald Trump are trying to find out how to emigrate to another country.

The phrase 'how to emigrate to Canada?' soared up the rankings in Google searches yesterday.

There was so much interest in a move to the northern neighbour that it crashed Canada's immigration website overnight.

Some Americans really, really REALLY don't want to live under President Trump
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Some Americans really, really REALLY don't want to live under President TrumpCredit: Getty Images
The rugged beauty of Canada appeals to many anti-Trump Americans. File picture
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The rugged beauty of Canada appeals to many anti-Trump Americans. File pictureCredit: Caters News Agency

One poll found 28 per cent of Americans considered leaving the US for good to go to "a country such as Canada" if Mr Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.

Canada's immigration site stopped working overnight supposedly as a result of so many people searching for how to move to the  chilly nation.

Australia and New Zealand were other countries that Americans prefer to the US under the divisive billionaire.

America has seen an explosion of rage since Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Cops fired tear gas at crowds of furious protesters, rioters smashed up and torched cop cars and buildings.

The younger man kicks the victim on the floor
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The younger man kicks the victim on the floorCredit: Twitter

Angry pro-Clinton supporters refused to accept the controversial Republican's shock election win, sparking sometimes violent demonstrations in cities throughout the US.

In New York, thousands thronged the streets of Manhattan while hundreds gathered at a nearby park screaming "Not my president!"

Fiery rage... An effigy of Trump is burned in downtown Oakland, California
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Fiery rage... An effigy of Trump is burned in downtown Oakland, CaliforniaCredit: Splash News
A police vehicle was set on fire in Oakland, California
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A police vehicle was set on fire in Oakland, CaliforniaCredit: Getty Images
A protester torches a flag in Oakland as protests erupted throughout America
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A protester torches a Trump effigy in Oakland as protests erupted throughout America

A police officer aims a launcher after demonstrators threw projectiles toward a line of officers
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A police officer aims a launcher after demonstrators threw projectiles toward a line of officersCredit: Reuters
A suspected vandal is arrested
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A suspected vandal is arrestedCredit: Splash News
A protester wearing an American flag faces police
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A protester wearing an American flag faces policeCredit: Getty Images

Several hundred people flooded onto one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles, causing a miles-long traffic backup in protest of the presidential election of Donald Trump.

The protesters, who had remained peaceful and not overly disruptive for most of the night, poured on to U.S. 101, which links downtown LA to Hollywood, and stayed there for most of an hour. Drivers sat and waited. Many got out of their cars.

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