At least 2 studies say its true. No wonder they want to let everyone out of the prisons and say excessive force is routine. 1. If disenfranchised felons had been allowed to vote, they would have swung the 2000 presidential race to Al Gore, according to a national study. The study posits that since racial minorities and the poor – groups that tend to vote for Democrats– make up a disproportionate number of felons, a hypothetical felon voting bloc would be so overwhelmingly Democratic it could