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Should a politician who has been formerly convicted of a crime be allowed to run for office?

The U.S. Constitution does not prevent convicted felons from holding the office of the President or a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives. Individuals who have been convicted of sedition, seditious conspiracy, treason, conspiracy to defraud the United States or selling information on national defense may not run for federal office. Cities and States may prevent convicted felons from holding statewide and local offices.

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Response rates from 1.1k Wake voters.

60%
Yes
40%
No
27%
Yes
38%
No
27%
Yes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime
2%
No, and disallow politicians that are under investigation for a crime
5%
Yes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence
1%
Yes, as long as the crime was not committed while in office

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 @9GN5KWP from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, as long as they’ve finished serving their sentence and parole, the crime wasn’t committed in office, and the crime isn’t sexual, financial, or violent in nature. Also disqualify politicians under investigation for a crime.

 @93ZN5DW from New Jersey  answered…4yrs4Y

No, except for Donald Trump, who has been the victim of way too many politicized witch hunts - Donald Trump should be allowed to run for any office regardless of the biased results of the Fake Jan 6 institutional witch hunt

 @9J5D9FW from Washington  answered…2yrs2Y

Murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, etc, absolutely not. But for people under witch-hunt trials like Trump, absolutely.

 @9FZLGDM from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, as long as they’ve finished serving their sentence, the crime wasn’t sexual, violent, or financial in nature, and it wasn’t committed in office. Also disqualify politicians under investigation for a crime.

 @9HSSV4P from Kentucky  answered…2yrs2Y

No, and disallow politicians who have a lot of legal issues and have a criminal record. Politicians convicted of felonies should NOT be allowed to run for office at all. But Donald Trump should be allowed to because the democrats do whatever they can to make him look bad.

 @8HJZ39Z from Michigan  answered…6yrs6Y

Minor crimes such as underage drinking and stupid things like that should be allowed but nothing major (rape, pedophilia, etc)

 @B8G9LP2 from Washington  answered…6mos6MO

We a need a displayed most factual retelling of the crime(s) then a popular vote. As well as a decision by elected jury/supreme court

 @9FJDPVD from Arkansas  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, as long as the crimes were not committed while in office, are not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime, and they are not under investigation while running.

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