Poll+Analysis

Question:

What should be the requirements for foreigners to be granted US citizenship?

None: 0

Having a permanent residence: 1

Employment: 2

Permanent Residence and Employment: 5

Other: 2

The bias in my question is that it implies that the answers I provide are the only requirements for citizenship that should be taken into account. Thus it either skews people’s answer, or leaves a very wide range of things they could mean when the answer: Other.

Most people answered that having a permanent residence and being employed should be the requirement for a foreigner to gain US citizenship. Barring the bias of the question, this shows that people generally feel that as long as people are contributing to the workforce and have a place to live (and thus paying taxes) they should be allowed citizenship.