@ISIDEWITHQuestionselections8yrs ago

Should foreigners, currently residing in the United States, have the right to vote?

Should foreigners, currently residing in Germany, have the right to vote?

In most countries, suffrage, the right to vote, is generally limited to citizens of the country. Some countries, however, extend limited voting rights to resident non-citizens.

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Response rates from 41.7k Right voters.

12%
Yes
88%
No
5%
Yes
84%
No
2%
Yes, but only after living in the country for 10 years
3%
No, only legal citizens should be allowed to vote
2%
Yes, but only if they are European Union citizens
1%
Yes, anyone who pays taxes should have the right to vote
1%
Yes, but only after living in the country for 5 years
1%
Yes, but they should only be allowed to vote in local elections
0%
Yes, but they should not be allowed to vote in local elections

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 @B2HMHQXanswered…5mos5MO

only if they have formally achieved a German citizenship and/or have been in Germany for 5-10 years

 @B2928TVfrom Florida  answered…6mos6MO

If they are EU citizens, then they should have the right to vote in all elections. Otherwise I would limit it to local elections.

 @9YJY4VJfrom Maine  answered…8mos8MO

If the family that have immigrated can support themselves so yes if not they will just be a very biased voter.

 @9XMBCBTanswered…8mos8MO

Yes, but they should only be allowed to vote afrer living here for 5 years, and only for local elections.

 @9J5YK93from Tennessee  answered…1yr1Y

Depends on if they are full citizens of Germany and live full time in Germany and hold a full time job in Germany and be a law abiding citizen

 @9FTSVQ8answered…2yrs2Y

No, only legal citizens should be allowed to vote. And citizenship can be obtained by social work or military service.

 @8TKC2SFanswered…4yrs4Y

What matters is not how long they have lived here, but how long they will be living here.

 @8V6XYSBanswered…4yrs4Y

No, and an autocracy should be established

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…11mos11MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Netanyahu's Pre-Inauguration Gift to Trump: A Lebanon Cease-Fire Deal"

A close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is rushing to advance a cease-fire deal in Lebanon, according to three current and former Israeli officials briefed on the meeting, with the aim of delivering an early foreign policy win to the president-elect.Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s minister of strategic affairs, made Mar-a-Lago the first stop on his U.S. tour Sunday before traveling to the White House to update Biden administration officials on the state of Lebanon talks, a sign of how swiftly America’s political center of gravity has shifted after Trump’s electoral victory.“There is an understanding that Israel would gift something to Trump … that in January there will be an understanding about Lebanon,” an Israeli official said. Like others in this article, the official spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.Trump has said he wants to bring an end to the wars in the Middle East, but he also told Netanyahu in a call last month to “do what you have to do” against Hezbollah and Hamas. It is unclear what impact, if any, the Lebanon proposal discussed at Mar-a-Lago would have on stalled cease-fire and hostage-release talks in Gaza.“Netanyahu has no loyalty to Biden and will be focused entirely on currying favor with Trump,” said Frank Lowenstein, a former special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations under President Barack Obama who served during the transition to the first Trump administration. If 2016 is any indication, he added, “Trump won’t hesitate to act like he’s already president when he sees an opportunity.”

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