Thanks guys for all your help! V. useful! I will now have to reconsider my options.

Has anyone heard of a success story i.e. an American citizen getting asylum in another country by any chance? I'm just wondering if it's even possible...

I have heard of quite a few cases of persecution within the US soil, so it is already happening and this is why I am asking for advice. These people are no more than expressing their political (left-wing) views. Why would there be over 500 applications from US citizens every year to other countries ...

Has anyone got experience of applying for asylum and get accepted with an American passport? Or experience of not having been accepted anywhere?

I have heard it’s really hard and especially Canada turns people back or puts them into jail.

It would be really important for me to know.