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.
Statistics are shown for this demographic
Response rates from 718 Congressional District 7 voters.
66% Yes |
34% No |
41% Yes |
32% No |
19% 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 |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 718 Congressional District 7 voters.
Loading data...
Loading chart...
Trend of how important this issue is for 718 Congressional District 7 voters.
Loading data...
Loading chart...
Unique answers from Congressional District 7 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9GN5KWP1yr1Y
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.
@93ZN5DW2yrs2Y
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
@9J5D9FW11mos11MO
Murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, etc, absolutely not. But for people under witch-hunt trials like Trump, absolutely.
@9FZLGDM1yr1Y
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.
@9HSSV4P12mos12MO
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.
@8HJZ39Z4yrs4Y
Minor crimes such as underage drinking and stupid things like that should be allowed but nothing major (rape, pedophilia, etc)
@8XLR4JX 1yr1Y
Yes, but only if it wasn’t a violent, sexual, financial, or felony crime, if they’ve finished serving their sentence and parole, and if the crime wasn’t committed while in any office.
@8LBSJPF4yrs4Y
Question is too broad. This should be on a case by case basis.
Join in on the most popular conversations.