Jim Sr
R.I.P.
October 25, 2014
Votes from 'non-citizens' could decide the election . . . .
How many non-citizens participate in U.S. elections?
More than 14 percent of non-citizens in both the 2008 and 2010 samples indicated that they were registered to vote.
Because non-citizens tended to favor Democrats (Obama won more than 80 percent of the votes of non-citizens in the 2008 CCES sample), we find that this participation was large enough to plausibly account for Democratic victories in a few close elections.