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. States may prevent convicted felons candidates from holding statewide and local offices.
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17% Yes |
83% No |
7% Yes |
80% No |
6% Yes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
3% No, and disallow politicians that are under investigation for a crime |
2% Yes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence |
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1% Yes, as long as the crime was not committed while in office |
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Yes, but as long as they have finished serving their sentence, as long as the crime was not committed while in office and as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime.
@9FWKXKV1yr1Y
They have their choice of whether they should run for office or not. In my opinion a politician who was formally convicted of a crime in the past shouldn't run because it is pointless. Why would the general public want somebody who had a criminal past running their country in the first place.
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It depends what their actions were and what they will be doing to fix them
