May 05, 2005
The felon constituency
One of the most highly coveted voting blocks being persued to help put the democratic party back in power is the felon vote. The democrats are giving up on people of faith as too unreasonable because of their irrational belief in a so-called God and their insistance on moral absolutes. As a result we see the following:
Even if only 544 felons voted in Washington State last fall and that 85 percent of them voted for Gregoire, the felons changed a 252-vote Rossi victory into a 129-vote Gregoire victory.That understates the impact of the felon vote because it's limited to the 544 felon voters that Democrats have identified in Rossi-leaning districts. Republicans have documented hundreds more felon voters in Gregoire-leaning districts. Based on the Florida numbers, it's reasonable to assume that a majority of felons in all districts, both Rossi-leaning and Gregoire-leaning, voted for Gregoire.
Bottom line: if felons had been prohibited from voting last fall, as the law requires, Rossi almost certainly would be governor today
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The Democrats are fully aware of this and Hillary is a major backer because:
A recent study by Jeff Manza and Marcus Britton of Northwestern University and Christopher Uggen of the University of Minnesota found that 30 percent of felons would vote if Hillary's law was passed. That's 1.4 million new voters.With 85 percent of felon voters statistically likely to vote Democrat, that could add up to 1.2 million votes to presidential candidate Clinton's tally in 2008.
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There is a lot of nonsense out there about allowing ex-felons to vote because they have paid their debt to society. Guess what, being denied the franchise should and in many cases is part of their debt to society. When you break faith with your fellow citizens on this great experiment we call America you can no longer be trusted with it’s wellbeing.
Posted by Sid at May 5, 2005 11:45 AM | Politics
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Felons can vote?
BARg
Posted by: BARg at May 5, 2005 01:46 PM
In some states and to varying degrees, yes. Voter eledigablity is largely determined by state law. But voter registration is so poorly controlled many felons vote illegally.
Posted by: sid at May 5, 2005 02:00 PM
