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Townhall
Poll: Majority
of Democrats Think Illegal Immigrants Should Have Right to Vote in U.S.
Elections
Katie Pavlich
May 29, 2015
According to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports, 53 percent of Democrats
believe illegal immigrants should have the right to vote in U.S.
elections so long as they pay taxes. Although the number is
significantly lower, 21 percent of Republicans believe the same. The
majority of the country, 60 percent, believe illegal immigrants should
not have the right to vote. From the survey:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone
survey finds that one-out-of-three Likely U.S. Voters (35%) now
believes that illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they can
prove they live in this country and pay taxes. Sixty percent (60%)
disagree, while five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey
question wording, click here.)
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Democrats think
tax-paying illegal immigrants should have the right to vote. Twenty-one
percent (21%) of Republicans and 30% of voters not affiliated with
either major political party agree.
Earlier this year, secretaries of states from Kansas and Ohio sounded
the alarm over President Obama's December 2014 executive action giving
illegal immigrants the ability to vote in elections.
"I want to bring to your attention my concern that the President’s
recent Immigration Accountability Executive Actions will make it more
difficult for elections officials to determine if all voters meet the
primary standard for voting – U.S. citizenship. I am not here to debate
immigration policy or the President’s executive actions. However, I am
here to emphatically say that we cannot follow both the federal law and
the executive action and ensure the integrity of the elections process
without further assistance from Congress and the Obama administration...
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