04-19-2018, 02:13 PM
(04-19-2018, 08:46 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I wonder what percentage of the felons were active voters, prior to their convictions?
Hard to say. Many are disenfranchised before ever getting the chance. Then there is also the data to show that communities with higher percentages of disenfranchised people living in them have reduced levels of political participation even among those that are eligible. There isn't enough to support causation, but it is something that is being investigated.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
