A quick google found this article...
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/10/1701928.php
Actually, our local news said they had 10 times the number of enquires (10,000 in one day) from Americans wanting to move here straight after the Bush re-election. The explaination from these Americans was the Bush re-election.
So before you fly off the handle and call something complete BS, you need to understand the situation and if in fact it is BS...