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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Response rates from 49.1k Netherlands voters.
27% Yes |
73% No |
16% Yes |
72% No |
7% Yes, as long as it was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime |
1% No, and disallow politicians that are under investigation for a crime |
3% 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 |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 49.1k Netherlands voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 49.1k Netherlands voters.
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Unique answers from Netherlands voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, provided they were sentenced properly and served that sentence
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Depends on the charge, in severe cases (such as sexual abuse and homicide) no, but for false charged fabricated by a opposing governing party (such as convictions of sedition, misuse of public funds and false claims of terrorism) yes.
