Chapter 9 & 10

Nominations and Campaigns, Elections and Voting Behavior

How is immigration confronted within elections?

I found this site on CNN.com: it oulines each candidate's view of immigration for the coming 2008 electon. It also mentions which candidates voted for the 700 mile wall on the border.... which was one thing that caught me by surprise.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.immigration.html

I also found a very interesting website dedicated solely to immigration. If you have time you should look through it.

http://immigration2008.com/

What demographic groups support and are against immigration?

Even within the parties people have split views of immigration and its legalization, it seems that the demographic trends for those that support immigration are a random group of people, although clearly legal immigrants support immigration.


Are illegal immigrants included in elections? How does this affect their situations?

As illegal immigrants are not included in elections at this time in the U.S., this creates a kind of labrynth that will seemingly never be solved. Citizens of the U.S. are hesitant to vote for less strict immigration laws and since illegal immigrants have no voice in elections, it is impossible for their situations to be considered.

However, a new push in New York has changed this situation, as illustrated in the article from the New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/02202007/news/regionalnews/let_aliens_vote__activists_regionalnews_frankie_edozien.htm