Majority of Democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote in elections

[ChristJudgeOfAll]

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/poll-53-of-democrats-think-illegals-should-get-to-vote

53% of democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they pay taxes.

That is absurd, how would we even know if they pay or don't pay taxes.

Do you agree with the majority of democrats or are you against it?

 

[Vylo]

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/poll-53-of-democrats-think-illegals-should-get-to-vote

53% of democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they pay taxes.

That is absurd, how would we even know if they pay or don't pay taxes.

Do you agree with the majority of democrats or are you against it?

The IRS keeps track of who pays taxes regardless of legal status.

They know that 3 million illegals paid income taxes.

 

[ChristJudgeOfAll]

The IRS keeps track of who pays taxes regardless of legal status.

They know that 3 million illegals paid income taxes.

So you want some kind of ID cards to give to these illegal immigrants so the pollsters can know who paid taxes?

Or you just want to station IRS people at very booth to check people's ID?

The IRS isn't the old lady sitting at the voting booth. How is that old lady going to check the tax status of everyone that comes to vote huh?

It really just sounds like democrats want to give full voting rights to illegal immigrants, because everyone knows full well that we can't implement a system to check everyone who comes to vote whether or not they pay taxes.

 

[Avid]

The IRS keeps track of who pays taxes regardless of legal status.

They know that 3 million illegals paid income taxes.

Can you cite any sources?

 

[Avid]

So you want some kind of ID cards to give to these illegal immigrants so the pollsters can know who paid taxes?

Or you just want to station IRS people at very booth to check people's ID?

The IRS isn't the old lady sitting at the voting booth. How is that old lady going to check the tax status of everyone that comes to vote huh?

It really just sounds like democrats want to give full voting rights to illegal immigrants, because everyone knows full well that we can't implement a system to check everyone who comes to vote whether or not they pay taxes.

The right to vote for anything in America is NOT based in the tax status of the individual. We have Constitutional Amendments to show it is not based in economic status, nor on race. What this is based in is the CITIZENSHIP of the person who is to go into the voting booth. Many LEGAL immigrants work here and pay taxes. They are not considered eligible to vote. If they do vote, it is a crime.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

I note that 21% of republican voters agreed.

Still strikes me as bizarre - why would anyone want to allow non-citizens to vote for your own government?

 

[ChristJudgeOfAll]

I note that 21% of republican voters agreed.

Still strikes me as bizarre - why would anyone want to allow non-citizens to vote for your own government?

Illegals are more likely to vote democrat so.

 

[JustOneWay]

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/poll-53-of-democrats-think-illegals-should-get-to-vote

53% of democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they pay taxes.

That is absurd, how would we even know if they pay or don't pay taxes.

Do you agree with the majority of democrats or are you against it?

The question stated that they were tax paying illegals. That is the criteria.

 

[Avid]

Illegals are more likely to vote democrat so.

Not sure I know what you mean in this post, but we have much to be concerned about that 21% of Americans that identify as Repub would think this is a good thing! The nation does not stand much chance if we cannot get that to an overall level of 21% or LESS. We need to overwhelm the liberal elements with good and sound opinions on the part of MOST Americans.

 

[cow451]

Rasmussen
is partisan organization, so a fairly good-sized grain of salt is required. The question has no real meaning given the "pay taxes" criteria. What the right hears is "Democrats want illegal immigrants to vote".

 

[cow451]

Illegals are more likely to vote democrat so.

You do not see the absurdity of your statement?

 

[ThatRobGuy]

I note that 21% of republican voters agreed.

Still strikes me as bizarre - why would anyone want to allow non-citizens to vote for your own government?

Well, I would guess that a political affiliation decides who they want to be able to vote based on who they think the people in question would vote for.

Given that there's a strong statistical chance that the group in question would likely vote Democratic, it's not a huge surprise that the idea has much more democratic support than republican...

At the end of the day, both parties are going to fight like hell to get votes from people who support them, and suppress votes from people who oppose them. Unfortunately that's what our two party system has resorted to.


All political bickering aside, allowing non-citizens of any kind to vote presents some risks to our political/election system as a whole.

What's to stop them from voting more than once?
What's to stop another country from taking advantage of that and intentionally sending people over to influence our election results?
What level of taxation do you require in order to meet the standard of "I paid taxes, so I get to vote"...does a person get to come here, work for one day, pay $12 in taxes, vote, and head back home?

I say we stick with the constitution on this one:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

 

[Blank Stair]

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/poll-53-of-democrats-think-illegals-should-get-to-vote

53% of democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they pay taxes.

That is absurd, how would we even know if they pay or don't pay taxes.

Do you agree with the majority of democrats or are you against it?

Who was it? I think Gingrich during a run for the office in 2004 in the debates wherein he claimed he met an illegal immigrant on the campaign trail and they spoke briefly. In that time Gingrich claimed the man told him he'd been working hard for his family and paying taxes, even when he was illegal.
Mitt Romney countered that claim by pointing out to Gingrich, who would have known this, that if that story was true the man wasn't someone to be praised! When in fact he was a 20+ year repeat felon! Having stolen someone's identity in order to have a social security number to register on job applications so as to then make himself liable for income tax.

The democrats in this story, 53% of them, are stupid.

 

[Poor Beggar]

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/poll-53-of-democrats-think-illegals-should-get-to-vote

53% of democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote if they pay taxes.

That is absurd, how would we even know if they pay or don't pay taxes.

Do you agree with the majority of democrats or are you against it?

This isn't even debateable. If you aren't a member of a country and are there ILLEGALLY (breaking the law), then you don't get to determine how the country is run. This is just the large-scale version of everyone gets a trophy for showing up for the game.

 

[Poor Beggar]

Illegals are more likely to vote democrat so.

Can I hit the like button nine times?

 

[Poor Beggar]

We need to overwhelm the liberal elements with good and sound opinions

Or just remind them they MUST obey the law of the land. Whatever happened to arresting lawbreakers? Whether they be illegal immigrants or politicians?

 

[seashale76]

I note that 21% of republican voters agreed.

Still strikes me as bizarre - why would anyone want to allow non-citizens to vote for your own government?

They obviously polled the same types of people they use in those videos that show Americans don't know geography, or asking random people who Ronald Reagan was, or getting people to sign petitions banning dihydrogen monoxide, et cetera.

 

[cow451]

They obviously polled the same types of people they use in those videos that show Americans don't know geography, or asking random people who Ronald Reagan was, or getting people to sign petitions banning dihydrogen monoxide, et cetera.

Did you see the one about women's suffrage?

 

[seashale76]

Did you see the one about women's suffrage?

No. I'll have to look that one up.

 

[bhsmte]

Just my opinion, but I think one should be a citizen to vote in elections.